1989, ISBN: 9780847811205

[ED: Leinen], [PU: Rizzoli], Schlagwörter: Länder, Reisen, Ecuador, Südamerika, Farb-Fotografie, Text-Bildband, Natur Zustand: Buch und original Schutzumschlag in sehr guter Erhaltung. K… Más…

[ED: Leinen], [PU: Rizzoli], Schlagwörter: Länder, Reisen, Ecuador, Südamerika, Farb-Fotografie, Text-Bildband, Natur Zustand: Buch und original Schutzumschlag in sehr guter Erhaltung. Klappentext: "Noted landscape photographer Nathan Farb turns his distinctive camera's eye to the Galapagos islands in this highly personal collection of photographs. Famed as a living museum of unique, infinitely varied, and largely unspoiled wildlife and vegetation, the Galapagos, a volcanic archipelago some 600 miles off the coast of Ecuador, are equally fascinating, but less frequently documented, for their geological drama and haunting beauty. Discovered by the Spanish in the sixteenth century and dubbed the Encanradas (the "enchanted" or "bewitched"), the Galapagos came to prominence only three centuries later when they were visited by Charles Darwin, who found in the flora and fauna and their obvious adaptations to the habitats of the individual is-. lands, the inspiration for his theory of natural selection. The Galapagos were declared a protected park in 1959, and since the 1960s, when the Charles Darwin Research Station was established on the island of Santa Cruz, over 20,000 visitors a year have traveled to the parts of these phenomenal sanctuaries that are open to the public. In 125 spectacular photographs, Farb captures steaming fumaroles on the flanks of volcanos, lush highlands soaked in the dense fog known as the garua, pristine turquoise waters, and black sand beaches, along with the fabled giant tortoise and colonies of seals, seabirds, and iguanas that live on these islands. Granted special permission to visit remote areas not accessible to tourists, Farb includes rarely seen views and now-vanished features of the Galapagean landscape—such as the caldera lake on the island of Fernandina, recently swallowed in a violent volcanic eruption—among his unforgettable images. An introductory essay by the masterful observer of nature Barry Lopez provides the written complement to what is evoked visually in each of the photographs—a respect for both the power and the fragility of the natural world. His treatment of the sensitive issue of preservation versus development in the islands underscores the potential for the loss of a legendary ecosystem. Texts describing the individual regions Farb has visited are by the naturalist Michael H. Jackson. Nathan Farb's photographs of the natural world have appeared in the new york times aaagazine, Time-Life Books, and life magazine and are represented in the permanent holdings of the Museum of Modern Art in New York and the Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C as well as in major private and corporate collections. The ditector of photography for Adirondack life, Farb lives and works in the Adirondack Mountains of New York State. His previous photographic books include the Russians and two books published by Rizzoli, the adirondacks and 100 views of the adirondacks. Barry Lopez is the author of many books that bring philosophical issues to bear upon our environment, among them, the best-selling arctic dreams, which received the 1986 American Book Award for Nonfiction; of wolves and men; a collection of essays, crossing open ground; and sevetal works of fiction. A resident of tural Oregon, he is contributing editor to harper s and north American review and the recipient of many honors, including an Award in Literature from the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters, and the John Burroughs Medal. Michael H. Jackson is the author of the critically acclaimed galapagoS: a natural history guide. Born in England, he worked in the Galapagos Islands as a naturalist/guide after receiving an M. A. in Natural Sciences from Cambridge University. He returned to England but was shortly back in the Galapagos as zoologist for the Cambridge Centenary Galapagos Expedition in 1982. Since then he has been living in Calgary, Canada, where he writes and teaches. He continues to lead tours of the Galapagos Islands.", DE, [SC: 4.50], leichte Gebrauchsspuren, gewerbliches Angebot, 29x28,7x2,1 cm, 162, [GW: 1730g], [PU: New York], Banküberweisung, Selbstabholung und Barzahlung, Expédition internationale, [CT: Sammel-/Bildbände / Natur (Bildband), Tiere/Natur / Natur (Bildband)]<

1989, ISBN: 9780847811205

[ED: Leinen], [PU: Rizzoli], Schlagwörter: Länder, Reisen, Ecuador, Südamerika, Farb-Fotografie, Text-Bildband, Natur Zustand: Buch und original Schutzumschlag in sehr guter Erhaltung. K… Más…

[ED: Leinen], [PU: Rizzoli], Schlagwörter: Länder, Reisen, Ecuador, Südamerika, Farb-Fotografie, Text-Bildband, Natur Zustand: Buch und original Schutzumschlag in sehr guter Erhaltung. Klappentext: "Noted landscape photographer Nathan Farb turns his distinctive camera's eye to the Galapagos islands in this highly personal collection of photographs. Famed as a living museum of unique, infinitely varied, and largely unspoiled wildlife and vegetation, the Galapagos, a volcanic archipelago some 600 miles off the coast of Ecuador, are equally fascinating, but less frequently documented, for their geological drama and haunting beauty. Discovered by the Spanish in the sixteenth century and dubbed the Encanradas (the "enchanted" or "bewitched"), the Galapagos came to prominence only three centuries later when they were visited by Charles Darwin, who found in the flora and fauna and their obvious adaptations to the habitats of the individual is-. lands, the inspiration for his theory of natural selection. The Galapagos were declared a protected park in 1959, and since the 1960s, when the Charles Darwin Research Station was established on the island of Santa Cruz, over 20,000 visitors a year have traveled to the parts of these phenomenal sanctuaries that are open to the public. In 125 spectacular photographs, Farb captures steaming fumaroles on the flanks of volcanos, lush highlands soaked in the dense fog known as the garua, pristine turquoise waters, and black sand beaches, along with the fabled giant tortoise and colonies of seals, seabirds, and iguanas that live on these islands. Granted special permission to visit remote areas not accessible to tourists, Farb includes rarely seen views and now-vanished features of the Galapagean landscape—such as the caldera lake on the island of Fernandina, recently swallowed in a violent volcanic eruption—among his unforgettable images. An introductory essay by the masterful observer of nature Barry Lopez provides the written complement to what is evoked visually in each of the photographs—a respect for both the power and the fragility of the natural world. His treatment of the sensitive issue of preservation versus development in the islands underscores the potential for the loss of a legendary ecosystem. Texts describing the individual regions Farb has visited are by the naturalist Michael H. Jackson. Nathan Farb's photographs of the natural world have appeared in the new york times aaagazine, Time-Life Books, and life magazine and are represented in the permanent holdings of the Museum of Modern Art in New York and the Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C as well as in major private and corporate collections. The ditector of photography for Adirondack life, Farb lives and works in the Adirondack Mountains of New York State. His previous photographic books include the Russians and two books published by Rizzoli, the adirondacks and 100 views of the adirondacks. Barry Lopez is the author of many books that bring philosophical issues to bear upon our environment, among them, the best-selling arctic dreams, which received the 1986 American Book Award for Nonfiction; of wolves and men; a collection of essays, crossing open ground; and sevetal works of fiction. A resident of tural Oregon, he is contributing editor to harper s and north American review and the recipient of many honors, including an Award in Literature from the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters, and the John Burroughs Medal. Michael H. Jackson is the author of the critically acclaimed galapagoS: a natural history guide. Born in England, he worked in the Galapagos Islands as a naturalist/guide after receiving an M. A. in Natural Sciences from Cambridge University. He returned to England but was shortly back in the Galapagos as zoologist for the Cambridge Centenary Galapagos Expedition in 1982. Since then he has been living in Calgary, Canada, where he writes and teaches. He continues to lead tours of the Galapagos Islands.", DE, [SC: 4.50], leichte Gebrauchsspuren, gewerbliches Angebot, 29x28,7x2,1 cm, 162, [GW: 1730g], [PU: New York], Banküberweisung, Selbstabholung und Barzahlung, Internationaler Versand, [CT: Sammel-/Bildbände / Natur (Bildband), Tiere/Natur / Natur (Bildband)]<