Witness

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Witness
Endangered Species of North America
"This eloquent and stirring book of photographs is an oasis for anyone who cares deeply about nature."
— DIANE ACKERMAN
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Witness is a remarkable collection of photographic portraits of one hundred plants and animals currently on the Endangered Species list of North America. Susan Middleton and David Liittschwager's images are poignant, and their message simple: this exquisite array of flora and fauna will disappear forever if something isn't done to prevent the destructíon of their habitat. These portraits bear testimony to the beauty, diversity, and sacredness of life on this planet with a charismatic direcmess that is undeniably powerful.
By visually isolating each of the species from its natural habitat, Susan Middleton and David Liittschwager have created a stunning and potent means of portraiture that conveys the spectacular uniqueness of each subject. An electric blue pupfish floats in a... Tovább

Fülszöveg

Witness
Endangered Species of North America
"This eloquent and stirring book of photographs is an oasis for anyone who cares deeply about nature."
— DIANE ACKERMAN
; V.M ):')' i" : '
• i f !' , ' I'. ¦
Witness is a remarkable collection of photographic portraits of one hundred plants and animals currently on the Endangered Species list of North America. Susan Middleton and David Liittschwager's images are poignant, and their message simple: this exquisite array of flora and fauna will disappear forever if something isn't done to prevent the destructíon of their habitat. These portraits bear testimony to the beauty, diversity, and sacredness of life on this planet with a charismatic direcmess that is undeniably powerful.
By visually isolating each of the species from its natural habitat, Susan Middleton and David Liittschwager have created a stunning and potent means of portraiture that conveys the spectacular uniqueness of each subject. An electric blue pupfish floats in a black frame, a jaguarundi crouches as if to leap, a Tennessee Purple Coneflower lights up the page with its brilliant symmetry. Each page reveals the astounding diversity that is still present in our world, and each portrait inspires action to protect these fragile lives that hover above extinction.
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Middleton and Liittschwager have spent years padently recording these rare moments and have compiled a collection of photographs that communicates the urgency of these life-or-death situadons with poignant clarity. Each species portrait also has explanatory text written by the California Academy of Sciences that documents the habits, habitats, and eccentricities of each species. The book also provides resource informadon for anyone who wants to become more involved with the plight of endangered species.
If these fragile species do not ultimately survive in our physical world, their beauty and individuality will live on in these compelling portraits.

"Many viewers might say better than I how lovely these pictures are, how affectionate, how exceptional. My privilege has been to watch these people work, to witness the dignified and professional act that produces such pictures, and to report that in Susan Middleton and David Liittschwager, as representatives of a human family concerned about the fate of wild creatures, we could not have chosen better."
— BARRY LOPEZ Vissza