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Shark: A Photographer's Story [Paperback]

Jeremy Stafford-Deitsch (Author)
4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)


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This exciting blend of first-person adventure and natural history is the story of a three-year global adventure by a renowned marine photographer and diver who takes a closeup look at all major species of shark. 130 full-color photographs.

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"Shark is a definitive guide.... The encounters of photographer-diver Stafford-Deitsch explain how man approaches and respects all sharks, not just the man-eating type. Not only is the book a photographic tour of the world's shark hot spots but it gives excellent descriptive and scientific information about all types of sharks. It also serves as a handbook for divers."

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Sharks ... evil and primitive creatures charging from the depths to attack their prey with savage ferocity, or beautiful and efficient predators? It is difficult to separate the popular myths from the truth about sharks because, quite simply, there are still considerable gaps in our knowledge of how they live.

In Shark: A Photographer's Story, Jeremy Stafford-Deitsch helps to fill some of these gaps. He presents here the results of three years' dedicated effort to record the appearance and natural behavior of as many different shark species as possible. To photograph sharks in their natural environment he journeyed from the coral atolls of the Red Sea and the South Pacific, to the vast open ocean off Hawaii and the Californian coast, and then on to Florida and the warm tropical waters of the Bahamas.

His story is an exciting blend of travel narrative and natural history, and we share the full range of his feelings as he encounters his quarry ... exhilaration as a massive, rarely photographed whale shark passes slowly overhead like a spaceship, and sudden horror at the realization that the frenzied gestures of a grey reef shark are the final stages of a serious threat display. He swims with oceanic whitetips escorting a school of pilot whales, joins a huge group of shoaling hammerheads, and photographs feeding great whites at extremely close quarters.

Product Details

  • Paperback: 200 pages
  • Publisher: Sierra Club Books (September 1988)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0871567334
  • ISBN-13: 978-0871567338
  • Product Dimensions: 10.7 x 8.2 x 0.6 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 2 pounds
  • Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,817,497 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Jeremy Stafford-Deitsch has, over the years, combined a love of writing with photography: when writing about a subject illustrated with his own photographs, this allows him to bring an individual perspective to the topic. His photography started when he was a scuba diver bewitched by the underwater world. Intrigued by the challenges of photographing sharks and coral reefs, these were the subjects of his earliest books before he branched out into other marine subjects including mangrove forests. Equally fascinated by ancient history and recording the spellbinding remains of past peoples, he has since moved into archaeology and large format photography. This, to date, has resulted in richly illustrated books on ancient Egypt and the endless ruins of Anatolia, Turkey.

 

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars For Shark Enthusiasts A Must, August 11, 2008
This review is from: Shark: A Photographer's Story (Paperback)
Scuba divers will be interested in Mr. Stafford-Deitsch's opening essay in which he discusses why he made all the dives in this book ALONE, in violation of the first rule of diving. His discussion of his decision to do this is certainly provocative.
The photographs are splendid and equally so is the range of shark species he finds and photographs.
Although I was intially interested in the chapter on Great Whites, which is excellent, I was left breathless at reading and seeing his adventures off Sanganeb Atoll in the Red Sea. He happened upon a rarely observed schooling formation of Hammerheads and was the first to photograph them.
I no longer have my copy as a student of mine a few years ago was so taken by it when I loaned it to her, I had to "spread the wealth."
A wonderful book.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars This man knows his stuff., December 9, 2004
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Ned Middleton (British professional underwater photo-journalist & author) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Shark: A Photographer's Story (Paperback)
There are photographs in this book to make even the most seasoned underwater photographer go "Wow!" On top of that, this particular author not only knows his subject but also has the most readable style of writing which enables him to make any point - no matter how technical that point may be!, easy for the layman to understand.

This is the first of two books from this author I have to review. Having read this one and studied it's content, I then glanced through the other one to see if the standard was the same. There I was going "Wow" again.

"Shark a Photographer's Story" is a hard back book in which the author describes every aspect of the Shark. Whether you are a diver, marine biologist or someone who is simply interested in the subject, "this" is the book to take home. This is the book where we can all learn something about these largely misunderstood creatures and, if finances are tight, this is probably the only book you really need on the entire subject.

Add to that the author's outstanding ability with an underwater camera coupled with his equally amazing encounters around the world and, well, you have a pretty incredible book from a man who knows his stuff..

NM

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1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars A Shark Lover's Dream, March 2, 2001
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Andrew A. Grgich (Gilbert, AZ United States) - See all my reviews
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With more pictures than you can wave a frozen tuna at and enough detail about the adventures behind their creation to make Cousteau jealous, this tome on the wolves of the sea will satisfy the shark fan in your life. The chapter on the Great White Shark was my particular favorite with pictures lifelike enough to make me reconsider my upcoming dive trip to South Africa. In fact, the best compliment I can give this book is that the nightmares I have about sharks are illustrated with pictures from this book!
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