Lost Animals: Extinction and the Photographic Record
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| Rating | : | 4.22 (632 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0691161372 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 240 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-01-05 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Richly illustrated throughout, this handsome book features photographs dating from around 1870 to as recently as 2004, the year that witnessed the demise of the Hawaiian Po'ouli. A photograph of an extinct animal evokes a greater feeling of loss than any painting ever could. Lost Animals is a unique photographic record of extinction, presented by a world authority on vanished animals. From a mother Thylacine and her pups to birds such as the Heath Hen and the Carolina Parakeet, Errol Fuller tells the story of each animal, explains why it became extinct, and discusses the circumstances surrounding the photography.Covering 28 extinct species, Lost Animals includes familiar examples like the last Passenger Pigeon, Martha, and one of the last Ivory-billed Woodpeckers, photographed as it peers quizzically at the hat of one of the biologists who has just ringed it. Often black and white or tinted sepia, these remarkable images have been taken mainly in zoos or wildlife parks, and in some cases depict the last known individual of the species. But the book includes rare images as well, many never before published. Collected together here for the first time, these photographs provide a tangible link to animals that have now vanished forever, in a book that brings the past to life while delivering a warning for the future.Poignant and compelling, Lost Animals also includes a concise introduction that looks at the earliest days of animal photography, and an
Errol Fuller is an acclaimed artist and writer, and a world authority on bird and animal extinction. His many books include the award-winning Extinct Birds as well as Dodo: From Extinction to Icon and The Great Auk.
If you are into birds this book is a beautiful record of the now gone species Robert Abel A very interesting book, Mr. Fuller has collected pictures of animals no long around.( exceptions- Thylacine and some of the birds ) which brings me to the bias in this book. Fully half of it concerns birds and only a third treat with other creatures. The pictures of Thylacines (Despite the cover) are very important and well done, Why important, there have been sightings in Tasmania and Australia of an animal with stripes on the rear now for several years, and there is an ongoing search for these animals.Could these be surviving animals? Only time will tell.If you are into birds this book . Poignant and excellent Lee H. Striking. It really adds a weight to animals that you normally just see as a name on a list. Some of the pictures aren't great, but that is not the point. The point is that a bad picture are all that we have left as evidence of a unique species.Excellent for somebody in the biology field (such as myself); it is a reminder of why I do what I do. For somebody outside of the field but with an interest in animals, it's a reminder for why we should care.. tatermusic said A sad rebuke on our value system. Not every animal in this book is extinct because of humans, but there's a lot of them. This book has photos of animals which have only in the last century, become extinct. It should be in every library as a reminder of their passing.
The images are accompanied by short, evocative texts about the creatures and the naturalists who recorded their existence."--Nancy Szokan, Washington Post"Lost Animals: Extinction and the Photographic Record reaches into your imagination and draws you closer to the final days of a variety of extinct animals on Earth filled with poignant and powerful first-hand accounts, photographic records, and illustrations."--Gabriel Thoumi, MongaBay"Exceptional the book includes beautiful paintings of the animals in the appendix. This somewhat depressing book will be of interest to those who enjoy zoological literature."--Diana Hartle, Library Journal