Spending 18 months on the Serengeti Plain of eastern Africa, Iwago captures in nearly 300 extraordinary full-color images a world of calm beauty and quick violence, where the daily drama of life and death for over two million animals is played against a spectacular landscape. Sure to win a new round of fans, this classic, best-selling (over 90,000 copies sold!) volume of wildlife photography is now available in a handsomely jacketed new hardcover edition.
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From Library Journal
Serengeti National Park covers an area the size of Connecticut across the wilds of East Africa. Within its boundaries, millions of animals live and die, as they have for thousands of years. Consisting of about 300 photographs, this book presents one year on the African plain. Iwago's photographs capture the essence of a sometimes brutal, sometimes idyllic, always fascinating life. It is hard to believe that many of the species shown in this vital book face extinction as humans crowd ever closer. For libraries wishing to supplement their African wildlife collection, this book is an excellent choice. Randy Dykhuis, Grace A. Dow Memorial Lib., Midland, Mich.
Copyright 1987 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Copyright 1987 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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Serengeti is a sweeping book, handsomely produced, and a volume that no nature lover should be without. The Chicago Tribune
It is hard to imagine wildlife photographs getting better than these. New York Times Book Review
It is hard to imagine wildlife photographs getting better than these. New York Times Book Review
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46 of 48 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Having just returned from Kenya and Tanzania and as an aspiring photographer myself, I was anxious to get my own film developed. I did and had some good shots, but was dissappointed because only a few of my shots conveyed what I felt when I was actually in Africa. Only a little bit of what I captured on film was something I could use to show people when they asked me how my trip was. Out of my own photographs, only 3 or 4 really conveyed the emotions and awe I felt in viewing the African wildlife and landscape.
This book is a completely different story. Every single photograph conveys all of the beauty and awe-inspiring nature that is Africa. I can look at these photos and say "this is exactly what Africa is like." These photos are so beautiful that just by looking at them I begin to feel some of what I felt standing on the plains myself at dawn watching a family of lions no more than 100 yards away. Iwago's use of composition, light, and technique clearly convey life on the Serengetti. Everything from the absolute power of the lion to the complete goofiness of the Wildebeast is conveyed wonderfully in this book.
If you have any of the same interests I do in wildlife and Africa go on safari. If you can't do that, at least do yourself the favor of picking up this book.
21 of 23 people found the following review helpful
By A Customer
Format:Hardcover
This book is a wonderful tribute to nature's beauty. The photographs are outstanding and only someone who loves nature could have taken them. A great panorama of the great Serengeti through its two seasons. Thank you Mr. Iwago.
10 of 12 people found the following review helpful
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These images bring the Serengeti to you. This being largely a pictoral tour of the Serengeti, words do it little justice. If you are an intelligent animal lover with a pulse, you will pay twice the cover price for this book.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
1.0 out of 5 stars
Substandard photos
While slightly entertaining, the photo quality was obviously lacking. This is not a quality product; it looks like something anyone could create using one of a dozen online, photo... Read more
Published 11 months ago by Marlie
5.0 out of 5 stars
The beauty of the Serengeti
I have just written a book about the Serengeti myself, but it's a business fable and has no photos. This coffee table book has photos...over 300 stunning photos! Read more
Published on January 30, 2011 by S. J. Swanepoel
5.0 out of 5 stars
Delightful and beautiful
This book offers vivid snap-shots from the Serengeti National Park through dry and wet seasons. It has everything I dream to encounter on a safari trip - landscapes, cute babies,... Read more
Published on October 30, 2010 by Lucy A. Pithecus
5.0 out of 5 stars
Circle of Life in East Africa Documented in Stunning Photographs
Pay heed to the subtitle of this book - "Natural Order on the African Plain" - as it does not shy away from images that may not show up in a children's book. Read more
Published on August 28, 2006 by Ed Uyeshima
5.0 out of 5 stars
Excellent choice if you're going or have gone...
This book has the pictures we wish we could have taken, excellent information, covers the serengeti from rain season to dry. Read more
Published on August 4, 2006 by jen
3.0 out of 5 stars
Picture book
The pictures are stunning.
But it is only a coffee-table book, and there it will remain, because pictures is all it is. Read more
Published on January 27, 2004 by GEORGE R. FISHER
3.0 out of 5 stars
Pictures, just pictures
The pictures are fine, but this book won't show anyone interested in wildlife anything new - & it doesn't explain anything...
Published on May 17, 2002 by RG Wade
3.0 out of 5 stars
Truly a gift from this photographer
We recently returned from Tanzania and Serengeti, after seeing this book in the airport in Africa at the start of our trip I could not carry it around for 5 weeks up Mt... Read more
Published on March 8, 2000 by Chrissy
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