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Wales at the Water’s Edge – Jeremy Moore & Jon Gower
The Wales coastal path officially opened on the 5th of May, 870 miles of uninterrupted coastal footpath through some of the best countryside that Britain has to offer. To mark the opening of the path, photographer Jeremy Moore and writer and conservationist Jon Gower put together this book, celebrating it's beauty, history and people. Don't expect a book full of heroic landscape pictures though, the images have been taken and selected so they don't fight with one another. Jeremy has more
Quarries – Edward Burtynsky
Burtynsky's Quarries project was the work that initially drew me to him. The sublime beauty of these photographs and their compositional poise made it accessible without knowing anything about issues involved or the artistic reputation of the photographer. This is Burtynsky's goal as far as I can tell though - to engage through beauty and then let the visual facts do the hard moving. This isn't original, but it is effective. In the Quarries book the message isn't overtly political more
Manufactured Landscapes – Edward Burtynsky
Published in 2003, Lori Pauli’s short biography and review of Burtynsky’s work to date provide some excellent historical and contextual background. more
Oil – Edward Burtynsky
Oil is Burtynsky’s masterpiece, he uses formal compositions to find beauty in almost anything, until we start to really see his chosen subject. more
The Highlands: Land and Light – Craig Aitchison
Craig Aitchison's panoramas of Scotland mine a well used vein of place and form probably most well known from photographer Colin Prior. Craig undoubetdly knows this inspiration and should be very pleased to get a testimonial from Colin himself. This isn't to suggest that the book is a clone of Colin's well known output but there is a sense of initial familiarity when browsing the book. The images are more
The Sacred Headwaters – Carr Clifton
Carr Clifton is a photographer that I have talked about before in On Landscape (in "The Rightful Heir to Eliot Porter?") and who is probably one of the hardest working landscape photographers covering environmental issues. The Sacred Headwaters book is one I have been trying to get hold of for some time and I have to thank Paul Marsch for loaning me his copy to peruse and review. more
Natural Affinities – Georgia O’Keeffe and Ansel Adams
Whilst there is an undoubted link between painting and photography, there are very few books combining landscape photography with landscape painting. more
Broken Line, The Silent Respiration of Forests & Stone Walls
Book reviews - Olaf Otto Backer, Takeshi Shikama, Gus Wylie, Mariana Cook & Sean Scully. more
More ‘Books from Beyond Words’
This week we're featuring two books from Beyond Words, Sam Abell's 'Seeing Gardens' and Peter Niedermeyer's 'Appearances'. Seeing Gardens - Sam Abell Sam Abell (http://samabell-thephotographiclife.com/) is part artist/part journalist. His work for the National Geographic puts him firmly in the documentary camp and yet his photographs always seem to push to the creative interpretation, that momentary vision of something other than it is. The front cover of this book, Seeing Gardens, is a great example - a simple glance through a more
International Garden Photographer of the Year – Collection Four
Our first book reviewed here is The International Garden Photographer of the Year, the catalogue to the annual exhibition held at The Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew. more
Mionší Forest – Josef Sudek
The book details a body of landscape work, dedicated to the Mionší Forest in his home country of Czech Republic. The project spanned over twenty years... more
Gallery – Joe Cornish
Joe’s sixth published book had a bit to prove in some people’s eyes but they shouldn't be too disappointed. The quality of the book is wonderful with exceptionally good paper and printing. more
Art of Adventure – Bruce Percy
A lot of the images in the book are environmental portraits taken in various third world countries (India, Nepal, Cambodia, Ethiopia and South America). more
Steve Gosling, Ernst Schwitter & Olaf Otto Becker
Our first book reviewed here is by Steve Gosling, a limited edition of 1000 with each numbered and signed by Steve and available directly from his website more
Photographs 1951-2010 – John Blakemore
Even if I admit to being heavily influenced by my workshop with John Blakemore, this is still one of the most beautifully printed books I own more