Outdoor Photography

10 Outdoor Photography February 2018

© Paolo Solari Bozzi

© Paolo Solari Bozzi

Greenland

into White

Paolo Solari Bozzi

Mondadori Elect ra

978-8-8918-1238-

Hardback, £

In the past decade

or so the Arct ic has

become a place

photographed by many, and Italian photographer

Paolo Solari Bozzi is one of those drawn to the

enigmatic wildness of the far north. Hoping to

set his imagery apart from the majority, Solari

Bozzi adopts a traditional approach by shooting

exclusively with black & white fi lm, a medium he

feels st rongly about: ‘Even when confronted with

the consumerist sirens of digital technology, I

declined to surrender...To me, photographs are

sacred and there is no subst itute for the process

of unveiling the image and thereaft er creating

magic in the darkroom.’ While these views on this

familiar debate might divide opinion, his classic

reportage st yle is sure to unite. Documenting

a small community living in one of the most

remote areas of

Greenland, Solari Bozzi

highlights their day-

to-day act ivities (there

are some graphic, but

not gratuitous images

of the community

hunting local wildlife)

and captures the sp irit

of the people with

candour and sensitivity.

Endorsed by fellow

Arct ic photographer

Ragnar Axelsson (who

wrote the foreword),

the images in this book

paint a compelling and

complex portrait of the

fortitude of those living

in some of the harshest

conditions on earth.

Microsculpture:

Portraits of

Insect s

Levon Biss

Harry N Abrams

978-1-4197-

2695-

Hardback, £

Microsculpture

is a unique

photo st udy by Levon Biss of insect s from

collect ions at the Oxford University Museum

of Natural Hist ory. This 144-page book

follows the hugely successful exhibitions

of the works at the museum and the 2016

Xposure International Photography Fest ival

in the United Arab Emirates.

Each photograph of insect sp ecimens,

chosen by the museum to illust rate an

array of sculptural forms, celebrates art

and science, combining to show us with

intriguing clarity the myriad colours, forms

and textures of the insect world. Each

photograph is created from approximately

8,000 individual images of the magnifi ed

sp ecimen, with as many as 30 diff erent

segments each requiring an individualised

combination of techniques.

These individual images are st acked

to retain sharp focus and are combined

into a high-resolution fi le that’s then

printed in large-scale format. Biss uses

a 36MP Nikon D810 with a 10x microscope

object ive att ached via a 200mm prime lens

to produce this captivating collect ion that

will appeal to natural hist ory enthusiast s,

artist s and scientist s – as well as those

who appreciate photography innovation.

Seeking

Stillness

Olivier du Tré

Rocky Mountain

Books

978-1-7716-

0230-

Hardback, £

This quiet and

engaging book brings together black & white,

mainly landscape, photographs completed

over the past seven years. While many of

the images depict the photographer’s home

st ate of Alberta, a signifi cant number of

images are from his travels to Newfoundland,

Yukon and Belgium.

Olivier du Tré’s work is composed to

suggest a feeling, emotion or idea, which

transcends literal representation. In the 43

pages of illuminating text that precede the

beautifully craft ed images, du Tré st ates:

‘I let the world in and it is the breath of life

to me.’ This profound sensitivity towards his

subject is evident in the captivating, subtle

works. Beautifully produced by high quality

American publishers Rocky Mountain Books,

this is a handsome volume to return to time

and again for both escapism and insp iration.

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