A wonderful and original tribute to the curious, comical Dodo and the beautiful island of Mauritius. Award-winning Finnish photographer Harri Kallio creates the illusion that these fascinating creatures are alive and abundant, living as they once did in their own unspoiled haven, the island of Mauritius. Accompanied by a thorough history of this extraordinary bird, including eyewitness accounts and pictorial sources, the book was the winner of the 2004 European Publishers’ Award for Photography.
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Harri Kallio was born in Finland in 1970 and holds an MFA and a BFA from the University of Art and Design, Helsinki. He is the recipient of the BFF Promotion Award 2003, the 2002 and 2003 Finnish Cultural Foundation Grants and the 2000 and 2004 Finnish Art Council Grants. Kallio currently lives and works in New York City.
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2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
An original idea beautifully constructed,
This review is from: The Dodo and Mauritius Island: Imaginary Encounters (Hardcover)
I really enjoyed this book. Although some of the photographs were clearly of fake dodos, it is such a great idea! I especially enjoyed the sections dealing with where the concept came from and how he physically made the models. I think it is worth the cost for the just for such an unusual book for your bookcase, even if it is not a favourite topic. The only bad point I could make is that it made me want to splash out on some actual prints.
1.0 out of 5 stars
Overpriced book with few actual photographs,
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This review is from: The Dodo and Mauritius Island: Imaginary Encounters (Hardcover)
Photographs in this book come few and far between. For a $40-odd hardback, I expected page after page full of beautiful photography. What's there of the dodo is beautiful, but there's only maybe a dozen pages of good art, the rest is just text and filler.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
You will Go Dodo over THIS book,
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This review is from: The Dodo and Mauritius Island: Imaginary Encounters (Hardcover)
Great vivid pictures of dodoes in their natural Mauritius habitat abound in this wonderful book, there is also great information to match!
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