Customer Reviews

The Bird Hand Book

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These pictures are a fresh look at the interplay between Nature and Culture - the photographs are beautiful, the text rich and entertaining, and the fusion between the two is great. One of the nicest photography books in a long time.

Victor Schrager's images are gorgeous - every single one is a masterpiece - lovely, endlessly fascinating, wonderfully rich and complex and brilliantly intelligent in conception and execution.
The superb photography is accompanied by the delightful text of A.S. Byatt. For anyone who loves photography, birds, nature, art or literature, this is the perfect book. It will charm and delight you forever.

This book is stunning in every sense. A beautiful collection of bird photographs, interesting & insightful essay, with classic yet modern design marrying the two. This book clearly illustrates the delicate interaction between man and nature. I think this book should appeal to many different individuals-- fans of Schrager's work, fans of Byatt's work, those interested in photography, as well as the birding population in general. I loved it!

After seeing a solo show of these photos, I couldn't wait to buy this book. Save your money! The photos in the book are flat & uninteresting. They don't do the real photos (or Mr. Schrager's talent)any justice. What a shame.

I saw this in an art studio with a $60 tag! So happy to find it here and the customer service getting it was outstanding. If you love birds and would like to see photos of them up close, this is for you. It's a great idea and very artisic. Too bad it's not in color, though. I'd take reality over art anyday to see that blue bird.

This book is stunning in every sense. A beautiful collection of bird photographs, interesting & insightful essay, with classic yet modern design marrying the two. This book clearly illustrates the delicate interaction between man and nature. I think this book should appeal to many different individuals-- fans of Schrager's work, fans of Byatt's work, those interested in photography, as well as the birding population in general. I loved it!

If you are looking for flat black and white pictures of birds held by a person's hand with uninspired prose accompanying the bad pictures, this is the book for you.

If you are expecting stunning pictures of birds with lucid prose, look elsewhere. Without question, the worst book of bird photography I have every seen.

This book is stunning in every sense. A beautiful collection of bird photographs, interesting & insightful essay, with classic yet modern design marrying the two. Schrager & Byatt make a stellar combination. This book clearly illustrates the delicate interaction between man and nature. I think this book should appeal to many different individuals-- fans of Schrager's work, fans of Byatt's work, those interested in photography, as well as the birding population in general. I loved it!

I respect the right of an artist to make a statement in his own way, but I also feel his audience has a right to reject that statement. These pictures are amateurish and unattractive. The birds, which in nature are beautiful and free, seem dull and and sad, imprisioned by a faceless humanity. If this is the message Schrager is trying to express, he succeeds, but I do not want these images in my library.