America's Parks - Hardcover

Bourseiller, Philippe

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0810930846 ISBN 13: 9780810930841

Publisher: "Harry N. Abrams, Inc.", 2006

Synopsis

Moving from the cascading waters of Niagara Falls to the massive volcanoes of Hawaii, renowned nature photographer Philippe Bourseiller takes readers on a captivating visual journey through 67 of the most magnificent natural sites in North America. The product of an entire year spent coursing the length and breadth of the United States, America’s Parks captures the amazing diversity and ecological richness of some of our most important natural wildlife areas.

Bourseiller’s free-ranging camera captures more than 200 breathtaking aerial and terrestrial images of wild America, from Mount St. Helens to the ice fields of Alaska, while essays from three prominent environmental journalists place the sites in historical, scientific, and sociological context. The result is a sumptuous panorama of unrivalled beauty that argues eloquently for environmental protection.

About this title

About the Author:

Philippe Bourseiller, five-time winner of the prestigious World Press Prize, travels the world photographing wild and unexplored places, and is based in Paris. This is his fourth book with Abrams.

From Booklist:

Yes, technically this is a photography book--a big, oversize album of gorgeous photographs taken in 54 of America's national parks. Bourseiller spent a full year traversing the country, from Alaska and Hawaii to the East Coast. Dramatic, startling, riveting, and wanderlust-inducing, to say nothing of their aesthetic appeal as artwork, these full-color (emphasis on color) shots take the reader's eye on a visual feast, from an overwhelming shot across the Grand Canyon to an almost frightening photo of a sunning alligator in the Florida Everglades to beautiful foliage in the White Mountains of New Hampshire to moss-draped cypresses in Louisiana's Atchafalaya Basin. The diversity of the national park system couldn't be made more obvious, and the easily engaged viewer will see that this is travel literature--in a strictly visual style. Brad Hooper
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About this edition

• Publisher: "Harry N. Abrams, Inc."
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0810930846
• ISBN 13: 9780810930841
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 400