Amateur Photographer - UK (2019-10-18)

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‘TheCamera,TheNegative, and
ThePrintby Ansel Adams.’
Carter Tune
‘It’sWhatI Doby
LynseyAddario.’
Mark
Gawthorne
‘WithNatureanda Cameraby
RichardandCherryKearton.They
werepioneersof naturephotography
in thedayswhen,if yourtargetwas
upa tree,upa mountain,oron
a remoteisland,youtookyour
large-formatcameraandtripodupa
tree,a mountain,oranisland to get
the shot.’Adrian Gray
‘Anything
featuring
Magnum
Photos,Frank
Meadow
Sutcliffeor
SallyMann.’
Alex Pressley
‘Thebooksof NorthEast
photographerJimmyForsyth.’
Ian Gordon Hearder
‘Genesisby
Sebastião
Salgado
andPistils
byRobert
Mapplethorpe.’
ColinStock
‘OnPhotographyby Susan Sontag.’
Sean O Neill
‘Photographing
EastAnglia
byJustin
Minnsand
Photographing
ThePeak
DistrictbyChris
Gilbertand
MickRyan.’
Scott Hughes
FAV O U R I T E B O O K S
NationalGeographic
RarelySeen:
Photographsofthe
Extraordinary
Various
NationalGeographicSociety
ISBN978-1-4262-1561-2
ATITLEsuchasRarelySeenwillset
readers’expectationsveryhigh– and
thisbookdoesnotdisappoint.Witha
layout of one picture per page (or
someacrosstwo)accompaniedbya
shortcaption,thepicturesmakeyou
notonlymarvelat thephotographers’
skill,butalsoshowcasethebeautyof
ourplanet.
Eventhoughthisbookfeatures
well-knownnameslikeSteveMcCurry,
BrentStirton,SusanMiddletonand
MarcAdamus,it’snotaboutthe
photographers:it’saboutthepictures.
Fromtheoutset,thebooksetsoutto
wowyou,revealinghiddenwonders
suchastheextremelyrarebluelobster;
thetwo-headed,yellow-belliedslider
turtle;orpancakeicein Poland.Andthe
humanelementis alsopresentasseen
in thephotoof AndreAgassiandRoger
Federerplayingtennisperched211m
abovethegroundonthehelipadof
Dubai’sBurjAlArabHotel(above)
orthesecretmessagewritteninside
AbrahamLincoln’spocketwatch.
Thisbookis abouttherareand
extraordinary.I enjoygoingthrough
it withmytwo-year-oldson.The
awewithwhichheviewsthephotos
mirrorsmine...eventhoughI haveseen
somuchmorein mylifecomparedto
histwoyears.Thisis thepower
of extraordinary!
Jolene Menezes, Chief Sub Editor
Justanotherdayat
theoffice– Roger
FedererandAndre
Agassiplayonthe
helipadoftheBurj
Al Arab Hotel, Dubai
© GETT Y IMAGES
‘Thepicturesmakeyounotonlymarvelat
thephotographers’skillbutalsoshowcase
thebeautyofourplanet.Thisbook is about
the rare and extraordinary’