Nature photography

HC (no dust jacket, as issued), 20,5 x 29,5 x 2,5 cm., 352 pp., 248 color ills., English / German

HC with dust jacket (poster), 22 x 27 cm., 64pp., 48 color ills., Russian / English, Ltd. to 300 copies

This photo book, 'Bonsai', is a very beautiful and elaborately designed artist's book, whose slipcase is covered with silky Japan paper. By manipulating the backgrounds & perspectives the series of the Japanese Masao YAMAMOTO gets a surrealistic touch.

'Casa de Campo' is a photographic fable by Antonio M. XOUBANOVA rooted firmly in the realities of Madrid’s largest public park. He wandered the paths of this urban woodland examining the people, animals and objects he saw as if he was on uncommon ground.

These fascinating shots of natural spectacles in the photo volume 'Cheung Chau Sunrises' by Michael WOLF, appear as a contrast to his previous work, which addressed the lack of space and the human adaptation to economic conditions in large cities.

'Lake Erie' by Lynn WHITNEY capture a mood of diverse communities, changing landscapes as well as deeply rooted local history(s). Inspired by the work of Frank GOHLKE on the Erie Lake, her special eye for the unique, endangered landscape guides her.

This out-of-print new edition of the 1965 monograph 'The Flame of Recognition' about American photographer Edward WESTON contains a cross-section of his work, with portraits and nature photographs as well as texts from his diaries and letters.

US photographer Edward WESTON kept a diary in which he recorded his struggle to understand himself, society and his art. 'The Daybooks of Edward Weston' were edited by Nancy Newhall in two volumes: one for his time in Mexico and one for Californian time.

'Cloud Physics' by Terri WEIFENBACH explores the photographic ability to capture the transience of natural phenomena. Tiny variations of light and humidity, golden clouds, plant life rustling with moisture, animal presence in the depths of the forest.