Our Beautiful, Fragile World
The Nature and Environmental Photographs of Peter Essick
1st Edition
Published on 15. December 2013
Book
Hardback
VIII, 114 pages
978-1-937538-34-7 (ISBN)
Description
Our Beautiful, Fragile World features a career-spanning look at the images of photojournalist Peter Essick while on assignment for National Geographic magazine. The book showcases a diverse series of photographs from some of the most beautiful places in the world and documents major contemporary environmental issues, such as climate change and nuclear waste.
Each photograph is accompanied by commentary on the design process of the image, Essick's personal photographic experiences, and informative highlights from the research he completed for each story.
Our Beautiful, Fragile World takes the reader on a journey around the globe, from the Oulanka National Park near the Arctic Circle in Finland to the Adélie penguin breeding grounds in Antarctica.
The book will interest photographers of all skill levels. It carries an important message about conservation, and the photographs provide a compelling look at our environment that will resonate with people of all ages who care about the state of the natural world.
Foreword by Jean-Michel Cousteau.
Each photograph is accompanied by commentary on the design process of the image, Essick's personal photographic experiences, and informative highlights from the research he completed for each story.
Our Beautiful, Fragile World takes the reader on a journey around the globe, from the Oulanka National Park near the Arctic Circle in Finland to the Adélie penguin breeding grounds in Antarctica.
The book will interest photographers of all skill levels. It carries an important message about conservation, and the photographs provide a compelling look at our environment that will resonate with people of all ages who care about the state of the natural world.
Foreword by Jean-Michel Cousteau.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Santa Barbara
Germany
Target group
Photographers
-Environmentalists
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Paper over boards
Illustrations
komplett in Farbe
Dimensions
Height: 20.3 cm
Width: 25.4 cm
Thickness: 18 mm
Weight
752 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-937538-34-7 (9781937538347)
Schweitzer Classification
Person
Recently named by Outdoor Photography magazine as one of the 40 most influential nature photographers, Peter Essick has traveled extensively over the last two decades, photographing around the world. He is a working photojournalist, but his photographs move beyond mere documentation; they reveal the spiritual and emotional aspects of nature and the impact of development on the landscape.
Essick has been a frequent contributor to National Geographic magazine for 25 years, where he has produced 40 feature articles on an array of topics. Some of his favorite and most rewarding stories have been on Inner Japan, the National Wilderness Preservation System, the carbon cycle, global warming, and global freshwater. Recent stories include a June, 2010 cover piece on Greenland and a story on the Ansel Adams Wilderness in the October 2011 issue.
Essick has a bachelor's degree in business from the University of Southern California and a master's degree in photojournalism from the Universtity of Missouri. He is represented by the Lumiere gallery in Atlanta and by Aurora Photos. He lives in Stone Mountain, Georgia with his wife, Jackie and son, Jalen.
Essick has been a frequent contributor to National Geographic magazine for 25 years, where he has produced 40 feature articles on an array of topics. Some of his favorite and most rewarding stories have been on Inner Japan, the National Wilderness Preservation System, the carbon cycle, global warming, and global freshwater. Recent stories include a June, 2010 cover piece on Greenland and a story on the Ansel Adams Wilderness in the October 2011 issue.
Essick has a bachelor's degree in business from the University of Southern California and a master's degree in photojournalism from the Universtity of Missouri. He is represented by the Lumiere gallery in Atlanta and by Aurora Photos. He lives in Stone Mountain, Georgia with his wife, Jackie and son, Jalen.