About this Item
424 pp. Illustrated with 170 incredible large color photographs by the author from the air. With essays and commentaries by specialists in the field. Original green cloth with spine stamped in white. A fine copy in like dust jacket. This is an extremely large and heavy book (10 pounds) and will require additional postage for shipping. Seller Inventory # 102796
Bibliographic Details
Title: Earth From Above
Publisher: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., Publishers, New York
Publication Date: 1999
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Fine
Edition: 1st Edition
About this title
Arthus-Bertrand's remarkable aerial photographs offer the most revealing and spectacular portrait of our world ever created. Produced under the sponsorship of UNESCO, the book is also a unique documentary record of the state of the world's fragile environment.
Arthus-Bertrand, working with the support of UNESCO, has wandered the globe to gather this collection of more than 200 photographs, presented in a folio format. The images are uniformly striking, whether of stalagmite-like fans of algae spreading into the Mediterranean Sea, farmers working their fields in northern India, or destroyed Iraqi tanks littering the deserts of Kuwait. The accompanying text, captions, and short essays by some of France's leading scientists and social critics lend specific depth to the images, which will cheer few readers--but that will shock, and educate, and, with luck, inspire closer attention to the world around us. --Gregory McNamee
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