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Summary: MM
Review: A beautiful book that really tells a story and celebrates nature in a unique way. A great gift for anyone who appreciates natural beauty.
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Summary: A Picture Is Worth....
Review: In Response to Place is an amazing book! The pictures really draw you into the mind of the photographers and into the slendor of nature in its many forms! I was lucky enough to see the exhibition while it was in Washington, DC. While the book cannot possibly evoke the same feelings of awe as the individual pictures hanging on the wall, it sure isn't a bad substitute if you cannot see them and it is a wonderful reminder if you can!
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Summary: A Surprisingly Static Presentation
Review: The photo by Richard Misrach on the cover of In Response To Place may be the high point of the collection. Several other Misrach images inside the book also compel but the rest of the work seems disjointed and uninteresting by comparison. Overall, I was terribly disappointed by this volume. Conceptually, the notion of a group of artists responding aesthetically to a specific (Last Great) place as a theme for a photo-essay is intriguing. One can easily imagine how such a project might soar. Although individual photographs in this collection are indeed stirring, there is something about the portfolio as a whole which fails to satisfy; either as a cohesive statement on the need for preservation of endangered ecosystems, or as a presentation of art photography by a dozen acclaimed practitioners. Another volume devoted to highlighting photographically the need for care and protection of precious spaces on Earth comes to mind here. Although not as highly specific thematically as In Response To Place, The World Wildlife Fund's spectacular Living Planet does a wonderful job of creating a vivid, consistently cogent statement on the immanence of place; something The Nature Conservancy's offering simply fails to do.
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Summary: A Picture Is Worth....
Review: This book is fabulous, showing many new works from contemporary photography masters like, Mann, Chistenberry, Misrach, etc. All works for a traveling photography exhibition!
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Summary: A must purchase for contemporary photography enthusiasts
Review: This book is fabulous, showing many new works from contemporary photography masters like, Mann, Chistenberry, Misrach, etc. All works for a traveling photography exhibition!
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Summary: Poor example of photography
Review: This book is probably the poorest representation of photography that I have seen in a Nature Conservancy book. I would not even recommend this book to an amateur for prose or photography. A real sample of the thoughtless art of todays "new world".
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