Seeing Gardens

One of the world's premier photographers combines candid, personal narrative and lush full-color photography in a fascinating international odyssey in search of the world's great gardens, in a three-part volume that includes "The Garden," "Wild Gardens," and "Seeing Gardens" and ranges from English historic gardens to minimalist Zen gardens in Japan. Reprint.

Arts & Photography

Abell, Sam

Photography & Video

National Geographic

A distinguished historian and noted photographer join forces to chronicle the epic journey of Lewis and Clark across uncharted wilderness to the Pacific Ocean, in a compelling narrative that incorporates entries from the explorers' journals and some two hundred magnificent photographic images. 100,000 first printing.

Lewis & Clark

AMBROSE, STEPHEN E.

Travel

The author and his family journey in the footsteps of Lewis and Clark. The text is interwoven with excerpts from the explorers' own journals, as the author describes the state of the trail today.

Lewis & Clark Anniv. Ed.: Voyage of Discovery

Ambrose, Stephen E. Jr.

Natl Geographic Society

At the heart of every garden lies an idea; the greatest gardens represent not just nature's beauty but the clear vision of a gifted artist. The same is true of an inspired garden book. To capture the essence of a garden demands both a keen eye and a subtle sensibility, the hallmark qualities of Sam Abell's acclaimed photography. Not for nothing is this volume entitled Seeing Gardens, for its landmark images have as much to tell us about how we see as what we see. To Abell, a scatter of pears ripening on a Moscow windowsill evokes an orchard just as surely as his portrait of a 600-year-old Japanese garden summons up an ancient tradition of artfully cultivated wildness. Each pebble, pond and twisted pine in that garden is carefully placed to create an idea of unstudied nature as resonant as reality itself. As befits a book that melds two visual arts, Seeing Gardens lets its 150 pictures speak for themselves with a spare text that offers context rather than commentary. The book is at once thoughtful and elegant, and the anecdotes, recollections and aesthetic philosophy amount to a brief but telling memoir of Abell's three decades of interpreting gardens. His photographs include planned gardens in a variety of cultural settings; found gardens, created by nature but given form by the artist's frame; and the many allusions to gardens in daily life. Whether in the pruned symmetry of a line of plane trees along Lake Como's shores, the pristine shape of a wild water lily in the blackwater mirror of the Okeefenokee Swamp, or the leafy print of a vivid floral fabric, Abell discovers gardens everywhere. The gift of this book is the gift of seeing gardens in a new, intimate and involving way.

Surveys the history of the Civil War and its aftermath, and describes the role of technology, medicine, Indians, Black soldiers, mapmaking, and women

Blue & the Gray

History

ALLEN, Thomas B.

Americas

Amazonia documents one of the Earth's remaining natural ecosystems—the headwaters of the Amazon River in Peru and Bolivia. Over a series of years beginning in 2003, noted National Geographic photographer Sam Abell traveled along the Amazon, taking photographs of its wild beauty. The resulting images by Abell and his colleague Torben Ulrik Nissen, a noted Danish wildlife photographer and experienced guide, provide rare insight into a remote and untouched landscape and the creatures that inhabit its dangerous rainforest and waters. Through their photographs and firsthand commentary, we experience the challenges and epiphanies of their journey and come to respect the power of the Amazon and its inestimable value to life on this planet.
Because so many dramatic pictures of exotic animals capture our attention regularly, it is important to understand that the photographs were taken in accordance with an agreed-upon dogma. First, the photographers used film. Second, they used no filters or special effects. Third, all of the images are uncropped and were unchanged in post-production. In short, they adhered to the strictest standards of traditional documentary photography. As a result, we see what they saw, nothing more or less. "By showing them in their authentic settings," notes Abell, "we make evident the connection between habitat preservation and the survival of these animals. The Amazon's meaning is in its totality."

Amazonia

Nissen, Torben Ulrik

Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art, University of Oregon

This book, The University of Georgia, is a book of photographs of the historic campus in Athens, GA.

The University of Georgia (American College Series)

Education & Teaching

Schools & Teaching

Harmony House Pub Louisville

C.M. Russell's West

Thomasson-Grant

The military history of the American Civil War is traced through aerial photographs of battlefields and other historic sites, sometimes paired with contemporary views of the same spot

The Civil War: An Aerial Portrait

Pohanka, Brian

Lickle Pub Inc

A wondrous feast for the eyes and spirit, this volume takes readers around the globe to 35 unique gardens that inspire reverie and reflection.

Contemplative Gardens

Crafts, Hobbies & Home

Messervy, Julie Moir

Gardening & Landscape Design

Howell Pr

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Seeing Gardens

Lewis & Clark

Lewis & Clark Anniv. Ed.: Voyage of Discovery

Seeing Gardens

Blue & the Gray

Amazonia

The University of Georgia (American College Series)

C.M. Russell's West

The Civil War: An Aerial Portrait

Contemplative Gardens