Eyes Into Secret Seas

Rating:
Summary: Simply stunning
Review: This large book contains page after page of gorgeous, jaw-dropping photographs. Mr. Rotman quite artfully employs macro photography to achieve a psychodelic affect that will cause involuntary smiles and appreciative head-nodding through out. I suspect most photographs are taken on night dives. The spectacular clarity and dark backgrounds conspire with the brilliant colors, textures, shapes and patterns of his subjects to transcend from photos to abstract art. I am very grateful to Mr. Rotman for sharing this view of our world.

I also own (and recommend) David Doubilet's "Water, Light, Time" and Norbert Wu's "Splendors of the Sea". If you enjoy either of these books, you will love Mr. Rotman's book. Mr. Rotman has a unique perspective and uses very different composition techniques, so this book is not 'more of the same'.

Over time, I plan to buy two more copies of this book so that I can preserve one copy as a book and separate out some pages on the other two copies for framing.