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Summary: this was a great christmas gift
Review: i gave this book to my parents for christmas and they loved it. they leave it on the coffee table and everyone who enters the room immediately asks what it is about. this book elicits more "oooohhh's and aaaahhh's" than a fourth of july fireworks display. if you have traveled around the world, this book will bring back memories. if you desire to travel the world, this book may assist you in planning your next vacation. i highly recommend it.
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Summary: Arthus-Bertrand is Masterful....
Review: Without question the most superb collection of aerial photographs I've ever seen. As a landscape photographer, I own dozens of coffee table books covering all types of landscapes, seascapes and even the heavens. I love to learn from those who have blazed a trail ahead of me - to see what makes their work great, so that I may improve my own work.I can honestly say though, of all the modern photographers who's work I view regularly, only Arthus-Bertrand, David Doubilet and Galen Rowell stand in greatness. Wolfe, Brandenberg, Zuckerman...they're all very good at what they do. But there's something that sets work like this apart from the rest. Words can't do them justice, so I'll stop trying. Suffice it to say this work is a masterpiece.
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Summary: Not just for the coffee table
Review: We saw the works displayed at the Jardins du Luxembourg in the middle of a summer night last week and were blown away. Highly recommend this man's work to all the world!
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Summary: Soak in a Book Well Worth Every Cent (it sells itself)
Review: I saw this amazing exhibit, "La Terre Vue Du Ciel", of Yann Arthus-Bertrand's in the Jardin du Luxembourg Senat when I was in Paris a few weeks ago. The exhibit included much larger-than poster-sized photos that are some of the same photos contained in the book. They were spectacular and breath-taking. Stunning really. But if you can't afford to go to Paris, or if you can't get a hold of a poster of his work, this book is a fantastic collection of awesome, thoughtful, inspiring, thought-provoking, and humanistic usually unseen images taken from above Earth, that have an incredible aesthetic beauty. I can't recommend this book more highly. I was going to purchase 3-4 of them myself for me and my family and friends. However, I waited to get back to the US before doing so since they are large and very heavy due to the high-quality paper the photos are printed on. I was sorry they would not fit in my luggage as I had wished to stare at the photos for many hours on the plane trip home. Many kudos to Yann Arthus-Bertrand for an outstanding artistic work! Bravo! I hope to see another exhibit by this talented photographer in Paris or the U.S. in the near future.
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Summary: Beautiful, but...
Review: This is an incredible book and the photography is abslutely wonderful. It is this beauty that is marred seriously by the construction of the book. The focal point of some of the best photographs is lost in the ditch, (the center seam of the book.) The subject would have been better served by printing the pictures on one page, in a large, wide, rectangular book, with the photo left intact instead of being butchered as some are. This is a terrible flaw in a beautiful creation. Why was it done as it was, anyway?
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Summary: Unique and wonderful
Review: There have been many photography books about the earth; what makes this book special is not only that many of the photos show places, objects, and people that are rarely photographed, but also that the composition of all of the photos shows places, objects, and people as you've never seen before. I also found the references annoying at first, but without the references it is easier to lose yourself in the beautiful photographs. It is a book your grandchildren will marvel at decades from now.
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Summary: A true family heirloom.
Review: This is a book that I would have loved as a child. Don't get me wrong, I love it today but a child would bask in the wonders of the Earth for hours with these images. It's hard to believe that some of the locations in this book are on this planet. There is such beauty and awe in these pictures. At almost every turn of the page there is a "wow" coming out of my mouth. Well worth the money. The only gripe I have is the reference of the locations. You have to flip around all over the place to find out the location of the photographs. There does not seem to be any order connecting the photos to the descriptions. Don't worry though! Still get the book.
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Summary: Incredible!
Review: The composition and choice of photographs presented in this book are incredible. The commentary, also, is very well done, but the photographs are just amazing. You will enjoy every page!
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Summary: Mere words don't do this book justice...
Review: Not many things can speak to your soul, open your heart, and stimulate your mind all at once. This one does. Do yourself a favor, get this book (and get me one for C'mas too! ;-)
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Summary: Don't miss this one!
Review: Absolutely fabulous! A great gift for any travel or geography buff. The photographs are spectacular!
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