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Eileen Ramsay: Queen of Yachting Photography
Barry Pickthall
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Description for Eileen Ramsay: Queen of Yachting Photography
Hardcover. Eileen Ramsay was at the centre of a unique period in yachting history, and this wonderful book, featuring her classic photography, celebrates an extraordinary woman and her extraordinary subjects. Her archive commemorates icons such as Chichester and Tabarly, and the explosion in offshore and dinghy sailing in the post-war years. Num Pages: 160 pages, Photographs throughout. BIC Classification: AJB; WSSN3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 257 x 257 x 15. Weight in Grams: 930.
Eileen Ramsay was at the centre of a unique period in yachting history, and this wonderful book, featuring her classic photography, celebrates an extraordinary woman and her extraordinary subjects. Eileen's heyday was between 1957 and 1970 - a time when eccentrics ruled, records were there for the setting, and women weren't often to be found behind the lens. But Eileen established herself as one of the greatest yachting photographers of her time, taking famous portraits of such sailing icons as Sir Francis Chichester, Eric Tabarly, Olympians like Rodney Pattisson and Keith Musto, and historic pictures from the first OSTAR ... Read more
Eileen Ramsay was at the centre of a unique period in yachting history, and this wonderful book, featuring her classic photography, celebrates an extraordinary woman and her extraordinary subjects. Eileen's heyday was between 1957 and 1970 - a time when eccentrics ruled, records were there for the setting, and women weren't often to be found behind the lens. But Eileen established herself as one of the greatest yachting photographers of her time, taking famous portraits of such sailing icons as Sir Francis Chichester, Eric Tabarly, Olympians like Rodney Pattisson and Keith Musto, and historic pictures from the first OSTAR ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Condition
New
Number of Pages
160
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781408178416
SKU
9781408178416
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-1
About Barry Pickthall
Barry Pickthall won the 2008 Whyte & Mackay/YJA Journalist of the Year Award. A respected writer and photographer, he has been covering all aspects of the sport for four decades, for twenty years of which (1978-1998) he was Yachting Correspondent to The Times. He continues to write extensively for magazines across Europe, USA, South Africa and Australasia. Barry is also ... Read more
Reviews for Eileen Ramsay: Queen of Yachting Photography
Barry Pickthall's recent unearthing of Eileen Ramsay's photo archives has been a great find. Spanning the 50s-70s of British yachting and dinghy sailing, they present a great snapshot of a time of transition from wooden to plastic boats and from black and white to colour photography.
Steffan Meyric Hughes, news editor
Classic Boat
Ramsey was clearly a ... Read more
Steffan Meyric Hughes, news editor
Classic Boat
Ramsey was clearly a ... Read more