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Obras de David Yarrow

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4.5 stars

I stumbled on this in the library when I was clearing off the reshelves cart. A few peeks inside, and I decided to check it out and lug the thousand-pound thing home.
Paging through a book this huge makes me feel like a little child—it covers my legs from my waist to my knees—but boy do the images pack a punch when they’re on pages this big!
Most of the photos are black and white, with maybe three in color because the photographer thought they were best that way. There are several famous ones—David Yarrow is a bestselling wildlife photographer—and I would be surprised if someone looked at all of them and didn’t see something that rang a bell.
The photos are arranged according to location in the world where they were taken, each collection introduced by a page or two of backstory that includes a lot about Yarrow’s style, equipment, and approach to photography. It’s not overly technical, and I enjoyed these segments. My brain wouldn’t let me not read them, so I was glad they added something to the experience. I read it cover to cover and then went back through just to look at the photos again.
I really like the low angles he prefers to take photos from—it’s especially striking when he’s photographing large predators, or really any large animals. I had never heard of remote control camera units before I read this book, and he got some amazing shots using them when it wasn’t safe to get closer. One of my favorite photos is of a lioness walking away, carrying one of his remote camera units in her mouth.
A lot of my favorites aren’t the ones he lists as his favorites, but I suppose that’s down to his knowing what he was going for, where I’m just enjoying the work more generally. Among my favorites are: a two-page spread of sled dogs in Greenland, a Scottish stag looking over its back at the camera, a staged wolf photo inside a bar in Bozeman, Montana (this one might be my favorite of all—it’s walking on top of the bar, right at the camera, while the patrons in the background look unmoved by its presence), a camel in the Liwa desert (one of the few color photos in the book), a photo in a Dinka cattle camp in South Sudan (he says it’s the most famous photo in the book, but I don’t think I’ve seen it before—it’s called Mankind), lots of the images from Amboseli National Park, especially a shot of a giraffe running toward a patch of clouds with the sun shining through, and a mother hippo with her baby.
The only thing I didn’t like about the book was the photo shoot with the naked model and the cheetah. It seemed out of place in this collection and just a weird choice. I didn’t get it, and it bothered me.
It’s an expensive book, but it would make a really nice gift for someone who’s into wildlife photography, or for someone who just loves animals. For the majority of folks who can’t shell out the money for it, grab it from your library and enjoy.
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Harks | Dec 17, 2022 |
 
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Vincenzop. | Jan 27, 2018 |

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Obras
10
Membros
40
Popularidade
#370,100
Avaliação
5.0
Resenhas
2
ISBNs
9
Idiomas
2