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  • Hardcover: 224 pages
  • Publisher: Frances Lincoln Publishers Ltd (11 Sep 2008)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0711229287
  • ISBN-13: 978-0711229280
  • Product Dimensions: 32 x 29.5 x 2.5 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
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This is a coffee-table book with a difference. It burns with a sense of planet-saving mission and is the work of multiple authors, all determined to shock, delight or surprise the eco-warrior in each of us into standing up and acting more responsibly. --The Good Book Guide

Quietly powerful, the better for being reproduced on fine matt paper in an attractive, wide format. --Evening Standard

A poignant wake-up call about how some of the world's most stunning landscapes are under threat from the effects of global warming… The often bleak as well as beautiful images capturing disappearing forests, shrinking ice sheets and river valleys under threat from human development are a reminder of our personal responsibilities and what we can do to help preserve the planet. --Sunday Express


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Landscapes will soon no longer exist the way we know them. Global warming melts the Antarctic ice, slash and burn reduces the forests, rivers die of industrial pollution, grassland gives way to cities as the human population grows. How do photographic artists respond? Do they glorify nature or is it their aim to enlighten the spectator? Vanishing Landscapes provides different viewpoints from twenty internationally renowned photographers including Robert Adams, Edward Burtynsky, Hiroshi Sugimoto, Joel Sternfield, and Thomas Struth, with short commentaries by the artists, and an introduction by John Berger. About 30 of the photographs were specially commisioned for this book.
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5.0 out of 5 stars A great book, thought provoking but accessible., 2 Jan 2009
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The book aims to give an overview of how a large number of different contemporary photographic artists of today have approached the subject of Climate Change. The artists covered range from the obvious, and essential photographers such as Edward Burtynsky, to less prominent but still entirely relevant work of Jem Southam and An-My Le. Sugimoto's seascapes make an appearance but for me they are the least relevant works in the book, perhaps included to get a 'big' name on the list?
I found the lay out a little tricky at first. It has four chapters, Water, Ice, Plants, and Land, and not all the photographs appear to belong entirely to one group (or any). After reading the whole book however it does seem to work well as a device of collating and presenting the work, without distracting from it.
The photographs are generously printed and to a high degree, and the forewords go some way to setting the scene before the photographs begin, included a piece of writing by John Berger, that, whilst interesting, certainly isn't his best for me!
It is difficult to fault a book that has pretty much seamlessly presented the varied work of more than 20 contemporary photographers all dealing with the same, very important subject. I found it well designed, and a very interesting read, and best of all it wasn't too condescending or pretentious as some books of this nature can be. If I were forced to complain about one thing it would be that I found the information a little thin on the photographers themselves and their practice, but it is certainly a great starting point to find new artists and see fresh work. If nothing else, it is an accomplished collection of beautiful and thought provoking images!


Buy it! Great quality, its bigger than I thought, and at this price I am very happy.
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