The Image of God [Hardcover]

Dana Ergenbright (Author), Ric Ergenbright (Author, Photographer)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 1, 2004

2005 Gold Medallion Award finalist!
Blending powerful photographic imagery with eternal biblical truth, The Image of God considers man as he is portrayed in the Bible. Combining 160 full-color photographs with 70 Bible display verses, a rich story-driven text, and complete photographic and cultural notes, this exquisite coffee-table book presents a powerful witness to the abundant life that God intends for all mankind.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 160 pages
• Publisher: Tyndale House Publishers (May 1, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0842339841
• ISBN-13: 978-0842339841
• Product Dimensions: 12.4 x 10.9 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #943,866 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Biography

Born and raised in Southern California, Ric Ergenbright grew up in the shadow of his father's photographic travel company, Thru The Lens Tours -- a business that he eventually took over upon returning home from 3 years at the U.S. Army Pictorial Center in Germany.

Operating America's largest photographic travel program for the next fourteen years, Ric gained a deep and practical knowledge of the world, and built an extensive library of high-quality images that enabled his later success in stock photography. Selling Thru The Lens Tours in 1983, Ric and his wife, Jill, moved to Central Oregon in search of a better location to raise their three daughters, and to photograph the American West. There they built a competitive stock photo business based on Ric's existing international coverage, while he steadily added new material from travel assignments and large-format landscape shoots across America.

One national and two regional TV shows have been produced about Ric's work, and an exhibit of his images from pre-war Afghanistan toured the U.S. Senate in 1986. He has received numerous prestigious awards, including the Nature's Best Photography Award, Pictures of the Year Award, and Lowell Thomas Award, and is one of the few contemporary photographers represented in the book and exhibit, Odyssey: The Art of Photography at National Geographic. His best-selling book, The Art of God: The Heavens & The Earth, won the ECPA Gold Medallion Award for the best Christian gift book of 2000, and is now in its sixth printing. Its sequel, The Image of God: The Glory of Man, was the 2005 runner-up, and his 2003 title, Think About These Things, also won the Gold. Ric is currently working on a major new title, Creation's Hope, for 2010 release.

Customer Reviews

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11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful, August 8, 2004

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Mrs.D "Mrs.D" (U.S.A.) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Image of God (Hardcover)

When I first looked at this book I sat and wept...I relooked at it for it's biblical truths and found it to be sound.After reviewing other books the author has done this is by far the best.The sweetness he has for his daughter and his image of man(women and children) made me touch the pages in an attempt hold them all close...it is a beautiful and awesome book and testimony!!!!!!!
Mrs.D

5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic images!, January 17, 2010

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This review is from: The Image of God (Hardcover)

Wonderful book. Full if images of people around the world, in their own settings, doing what they do every day. Great candid photos! I will thoroughly enjoy this book, as well as Ric Ergenbright's other book, The Art of God!

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Awesome pictorial layout and storytelling..., March 31, 2008

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Paul Hilker (Healdsburg, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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I love the way that Ric Ergenbright tells the story of God's creation and our relationship to Him using the gift of photojournalism. He expertly draws the correlations between God's artistry and the artistry of man, Heavenly Majesty and earthly glory in a vibrant, colorful, and evocative pictorial layout.
"Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look upon the earth beneath: for the heavens shall vanish away like smoke, and the earth shall wax old like a garment, and they that dwell therein shall die in like manner: but my salvation shall be for ever, and my righteousness shall not be abolished." - Isaiah 51:6