Plant Kingdoms: The Photographs of Charles Jones [Hardcover]

Sean Sexton (Author), Robert Flynn Johnson (Author), Alice Waters (Introduction)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 128 pages
• Publisher: Stewart Tabori & Chang (December 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1556709242
• ISBN-13: 978-1556709241
• Product Dimensions: 11.3 x 11.2 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.8 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #752,703 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Perfect still-lifes, August 16, 1999

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This review is from: Plant Kingdoms: The Photographs of Charles Jones (Hardcover)

A marvellous and inspiring book, whether you're a gardener or a photographer, or both. Jones' work, found in a trunk in the Bermondesy Market, is quite the most remarkable body of still-life work produced by an English photographer. Reminiscent of the photos of Josef Sudek, Irving Penn or Karl Blossfeldt, it's everything good still-life work should be -- simple, dramatic, evocative and perfectly composed. Since Jones left no negatives -- later in life, he used his glass plates to make cloches to protect his seedlings -- this book is the only public record of his work you're likely to see unless you chance upon an exhibition organized by the author, dealer and collector Sean Sexton. I can't recommend this book enough.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Hypnotically Beautiful Book!, January 19, 2002

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Tam Mossman (Undisclosed) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Plant Kingdoms: The Photographs of Charles Jones (Hardcover)

All photographs are reproduced in a warm duotone, which brings out the amazing range of light and shadow in the original works. A learned introduction by Robert Flynn Johnson puts Jones in the context of other close-up still-life photographers. The book's only defect is Alice Waters's inane, hippy-dippy Preface: "A bunch of radishes. A bunch of grapes. [. . .] Charles Jones reminds us that horticulture is sacred. There is no other word for it." She drivels off after two pages, but still, that's two fewer of Jones's photographs that we might have enjoyed.

5.0 out of 5 stars Absolutely Stunning, March 22, 2008

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This review is from: Plant Kingdoms: The Photographs of Charles Jones (Hardcover)

As a photographer and horticulturist I find the images in this book to be absolutely stunning. Mr. Jones photographed the plants he grew as gardener on estates. The quality and sensitivity with which he made these images is amazing. This is not just a book for those interested in plants, anyone with an interest in truly fine photography will enjoy it as well.

Highly recommended!!!