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Flora Photographica
William A. Ewing
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Description for Flora Photographica
Paperback. An album of flower photography that celebrates the glorious beauty and pathos of flowers in all their multifarious forms. Num Pages: 224 pages, 215 illustrations, 56 in colour. BIC Classification: AJC; WNP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 299 x 246 x 16. Weight in Grams: 1334. Clean copy with minor shelf wear and some discolouring
Flora Photographica is a striking and extravagantly designed album that celebrates the beauty and pathos of flowers in all their forms. In these pages flowers speak to us with a greater intensity and more subtle modulation than in nature itself. For each bloom shown here has been observed with that acuity of vision which only the most sensitive photographers can bring to bear. What we see is both reality and revelation. The artist's eye decodes the flower's message and sharpens its beauty.
Here are Mapplethorpe’s tulips, half-metal, half-living creatures; Steichen’s delphiniums, preserved in an everlasting summery ... Read more
Flora Photographica is a striking and extravagantly designed album that celebrates the beauty and pathos of flowers in all their forms. In these pages flowers speak to us with a greater intensity and more subtle modulation than in nature itself. For each bloom shown here has been observed with that acuity of vision which only the most sensitive photographers can bring to bear. What we see is both reality and revelation. The artist's eye decodes the flower's message and sharpens its beauty.
Here are Mapplethorpe’s tulips, half-metal, half-living creatures; Steichen’s delphiniums, preserved in an everlasting summery ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Thames and Hudson Ltd
Condition
Used, Very Good
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780500283486
SKU
KOG0006869
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-1
About William A. Ewing
William A. Ewing has been an author, lecturer, curator of photography and museum director for more than forty years. His many publications on photography include The Body, Landmark and Edward Burtynsky: Essential Elements, all published by Thames & Hudson.
Reviews for Flora Photographica
'The most exquisite study of form and texture … stunning' - R.A. Magazine 'Extremely well presented, researched and produced ... a must' - World of Interiors 'Magnificent' - Nature 'Collections like this only come along once in a blue moon. My advice is: buy two, one to keep and one to give away to your lover, best friend, or whoever ... Read more