One Hundred Flowers [Hardcover]

Harold Feinstein (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 1, 2000

One Hundred Flowers features 100 exquisite colour portraits of dahlias, roses, anemones, poppies, pansies, orchids, tulips, azaleas, peonies, and other flowers in luscious detail. Each variety is coupled with a brief description, including tips about cultivation, as well as comprehensive notes about the major flower groups, all written by a distinguished botanistmaking the book as useful as it is beautiful. One Hundred Flowers also includes an introduction by popular garden author and lecturer Sydney Eddison and a critical essay by celebrated photography critic A.D. Coleman.

Editorial Reviews

Review

" "Harold Feinstein is one of the very few photographers I have known, or have been influenced by, with the ability to reveal the familiar to me in a beautifully new, strong, and honest way." -- -W. Eugene Smith

"Harold Feinstein's gorgeous images are almost pornographic in their luscious detail. Can blossoms such as these really exist outside of dreams?" -- House & Garden, 3/00

About the Author

Harold Feinstein began his career in photography in 1946 at the age of 15. Four years later, Edward Steichen had purchased his work for the permanent collection at MoMA. A.D. Coleman is a media critic who has been widely published. He frequently contributes to ARTnews, Photography in New York, and others. Sydney Eddison is a popular lecturer and gardener. She writes frequently for Fine Gardening, Organic Gardening, Horticulture, and others.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 143 pages
• Publisher: Bullfinch Press; 1 edition (March 1, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0821226657
• ISBN-13: 978-0821226650
• Product Dimensions: 11.4 x 0.6 x 13.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (22 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #181,206 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #43 in Books > Professional & Technical > Professional Science > Biological Sciences > Plants > Flowers

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54 of 56 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Praise for the One Hundred, March 9, 2000

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Andrea D.Vest (Orange County, North Carolina) - See all my reviews

This review is from: One Hundred Flowers (Hardcover)

ONE HUNDRED FLOWERS is a joy to behold! Harold Feinstein's magnificent photography of the flowers that grace our gardens are enclosed within the pages of this spectacular new book in a way not seen before. He teams with Gregory Piotrowski, who skillfully provides the lilting prose for this endeavor giving the reader information about each of the hundred and leaving him wanting to know more. After examining these glorious photographs, I don't think I will ever look at a flower in quite the same way again. Mr. Feinstein's photography pulls the reader into a place of brilliant color, design, and fluidity. This "bee's view" as it is called, allows the reader to see into the very soul of each flower pictured. One takes away a new appreciation of the miracles of creation. You will give yourself a gift by owning this book. I plan to purchase it for friends and family as I strongly feel that no one should be deprived the beauty, the sensuousness, the vitality found springing to life on the pages of ONE HUNDRED FLOWERS. I can only hope for one hundred more!

28 of 29 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Breathtaking Beauties, February 21, 2000

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Ruth Thompson (Annapolis, MD) - See all my reviews

This review is from: One Hundred Flowers (Hardcover)

This gorgeous book is worth its weight in gold. It sits open on my coffee table where every day I select a different spread of luscious photos upon which to feast my eyes and spirit. Feinstein's images are invitations to meditate on life's mysterious gifts and the manifold perfections all around us. What inspiring teachers these flowers are! The words are wonderful, too. Sydney Ellison taught me much about the secret life of flowers ... I'll never look at them in quite the same way again. A.D. Coleman's essay provides artistic context and testament to the breadth and depth of this photographer's vision and body of work. Greg Piotroski's descriptions of the individual flowers in the book range from practical to rhapsodic. I loved the literary references sprinkled throughout this book. My summation in four words is "Wow! and Thank You." This book is pure beauty. I know what gift I'll be giving my special friends this year!

38 of 42 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Pure Beauty !, February 22, 2000

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Seth Kahan (Washington, D.C.) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: One Hundred Flowers (Hardcover)

This man's artwork is astounding! As rendered by Mr. Feinstein's photography these flowers will transport you to an inner world where the awesome detail of nature's beauty comes alive as never before observed by the human eye. I use his pictures as a form of personal meditation to elevate my mood and transform my consciousness.

I was so pleased to receive my copy of this wonderful book and share it with my friends - it makes for endless conversations on the nature of beauty. I don't have enough money to buy copies of all the prints Mr. Feinstein has to offer, so I bought the book instead! Now I have 100 of his most magnificent pieces of art in my home!

I have been following Mr. Feinstein's artistic pursuits and tremendously enjoy his remarkable photography as documented by Life Magazine and TV's Nightline (did you know his work was placed in the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art in New York when he was just 19?). He certainly is one of the world's greatest living photographers. I had to own this book!