Overview
A spectacular collection of breathtaking aerial photographs of the earth's surface.
Full Product Details
Author: Bernhard Edmaier ,
Angelika Jung-Hüttl
Publisher: Phaidon Press Ltd
Imprint: Phaidon Press Ltd
Dimensions:
Width: 29.70cm
, Height: 2.40cm
, Length: 35.00cm
Weight: 2.100kg
ISBN: 9780714848587
ISBN 10: 0714848581
Pages: 232
Publication Date: 03 June 2008
Audience:
General/trade
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General
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
a /reveals the geological forces that continue to shape our planet. a | the shapes and colours are startlinga Daily Telegraph a /aerial photography at its sexiest a | landscape photography at its most remarkable. a | a sound primer in geology and environmental ecology.a Ag a /coffee-table book of the year ... a vivid demonstration of the fragility of our environment. The Oxford Times a /Filled with spectacular photographs of the eartha (TM)s patterned surface, a Earthsonga (TM) may be this yeara (TM)s best coffee table book. The major environments of the planet are seen from above in a gorgeous display of geological diversity; each photo is explained with brief but informative texta The Union Newspaper a /Bernhard Edmaier raises the art of aerial photography to new heights. His images are hauntingly impressionistic, even as they display a clarity of tone and texture that recalls the sharp-focus realism of Eliot Portera |More than 200 such images fill this sumptuous album: views of deserts, forests, oceans, and tundra that are both startling in impact and enlightening in detail.a Natural History Magazine a /In this gorgeously produced volume (with informative captions by geologist Angelika Jung-Huttl), aerial photographer Edmaier reveals the beauty of uninhabited parts of the planet, from Bering Glacier in Alaska to Sikidang Crater in Java. Youa (TM)ll feel proud to be an earthling.a People Magazine
'brilliant ... Earthsong is more than just a 'coffee-table' book - it is a visual polemic. In Germany it is titled Das Lied von der Erde - Song of the Earth, after Gustav Mahler's composition of 1908. If we continue our policies of plunder and pillage, Edmaier is reminding us, there will be no Lied and no Erde, ever again. For now, though, the Earth is still singing.' Mail on Sunday, December 2004 'stunning' Sunday Times, December 2004 'can send you into a trance of eloquent natural geometry.' Daily Telegraph, December 2004 'coffee-table book of the year ... a vivid demonstration of the fragility of our environment.' The Oxford Times, December 2004 'spectacular' Daily Telegraph, Travel supplement, December 2004 'reveals the geological forces that continue to shape our planet. - the shapes and colours are startling' Daily Telegraph, January 2005 'aerial photography at its sexiest - landscape photography at its most remarkable. - a sound primer in geology and environmental ecology. ' Ag, Winter 2005
Author Information
Bernhard Edmaier trained as a civil engineer and geologist and has photographed the earth's surface for over 15 years. His extraordinary photographs are the result of meticulously planned and researched expeditions that take him from the endless deserts of Africa to the ice plains of Iceland and the coral cliffs of the Great Barrier Reef. His abstractly beautiful compositions offer an awe-inspiring view of our planet. Angelika Jung-Huttl is a geologist and writer who contributes to the Suddeutsche Zeitung, the Berliner Zeitung and pm-history. A geologist by training, she has collaborated closely with Edmaier for 10 years and written several books on volcanoes, ice and glaciers.
