Water Light Time
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| Rating | : | 4.33 (633 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0714838284 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 1 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-06-01 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Beneath the surface of the world's waters lie landscapes, species, vegetations and populations as diverse and splendid as those on land, yet these kingdoms have been explored by few. Water Light Time is an extraordinary collection of photographs by David Doubilet, a pioneering artist and diver who is widely acclaimed as the world's leading underwater photographer. From the Galapagos to the Red Sea, from the Pacific shores to the fresh waters of North America, Water Light Time includes over 25 years of Doubilet's work, to reveal the mesmerizing beauty of more than 30 bodies of water rich with fascinating life forms.
With a career that started as a National Geographic photographer in 1972, Doubilet has a lifetime of experience from which to make such a marvelous meditation on this otherworld that is vaguely familiar to most readers only through pictures and visits to aquariums. Underwater plant life floating like snakes, bright blue water filled with schools of silver fish, a diver immersed in a throng of bubbling yellow jellyfish, a close-up of pink and white sea anemones looking all the world like a floating bouquet of flowers--each image in this book is exquisitely photographed with preternaturally clear colors, full of detail and depth. Some images to
Doubilet -- The Underwater Picasso lebout@mbox5.singnet.com.sg After flipping through the book once, I was stunned at Doubilet's ability to capture the art that abounds under the sea. I've seen many of the images in National Geographic, but I've never lingered over them like I do in this book. Although the sea is filled with light and shadow and colo. An excellent gift as a photographer giving it to someone who An excellent gift as a photographer giving it to someone who doesn't have any art. Excellent for anyone who enjoys the ocean.. "NOT HIS USUAL IMPACT" according to Mary. Love David Doubilet but this is not one of his best. Most of the photographs are dark and moody. Bought it used so not much money but still disappointing.