The Elements: Earth, Air, Fire, and Water [Hardcover]

Craig Childs (Author), Art Wolfe (Photographer)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 31, 2004

Art Wolfe's sensitivity to his subject and his craft of photography are once again showcased in this stunning color collection of images for nature and photography lovers. Focusing his camera on the many shapes and forms of the elements — earth, air, fire, and water — Wolfe brings all his famed sense of composition, pattern, and light to expose our natural world's ever-changing beauty: the sensually shaped earth of the red rocky outcrops in America's Southwest; the vertical shifts of silver-slivered earth that form the mountain spine of South America; the mystical, metallic reflection of light on a pool high in the Canadian Rockies; the storming force of a waterfall in Africa. Through his emotive lens readers get a deep appreciation for and education in both the environment and photography. The reader's experience is further impassioned by Craig Child's four essays on the elements.

Editorial Reviews

Review

Art Wolfe's photographs are "a superb evocation of some of the most breathtaking spectacles in the world." -- Sir David Attenborough

About the Author

Art Wolfe has taken over one million pictures and released over 45 books as a photographer, publisher, educator, and advocate of conservation and the natural world. He lives in Seattle. Craig Childs is the author of The Secret Knowledge of Water and Soul

Product Details

• Hardcover: 176 pages
• Publisher: Sasquatch Books; First Edition, First Printing edition (August 31, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1570614059
• ISBN-13: 978-1570614057
• Product Dimensions: 11.2 x 11.2 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.9 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,577,109 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Photos, November 1, 2004

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M. Pence "avid reader" (Kansas City, MO) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Elements: Earth, Air, Fire, and Water (Hardcover)

...of the earth and its atmosphere at its finest! How did the photographer know just where to be to get these wonderful photos? My entire family LOVES this book, discovered by my fourteen year old who loves to look at and study clouds. I bought the book for her because she BEGGED me for it! Truly a family favorite for years to come. BUY THIS BOOK! You won't be disappointed!

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Not Mr. Wolfe's usual quality, April 21, 2005

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KR (VA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Elements: Earth, Air, Fire, and Water (Hardcover)

I have other books of his and I adore the photography. I did not think that the pictures were reproduced well in this book. Some are grainy. Not up to his usual quality

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars not reccomended, August 21, 2008

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Nature photographer (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Elements: Earth, Air, Fire, and Water (Hardcover)

This book seems to present the pictures that didn't make the final cut for "Edge of earth, corner of sky". The layout is strange; imagine two pictures on a page oriented diagonally with their corners touching!