Wildlife [Hardcover]

Mitsuaki Iwago (Author)

Book Description

The definitive nature book, Wildlife is master photographer Mitsuaki Iwago's glorious homage to the animal kingdom, an abundant treasury of more than 450 photographs culled from a lifetime of work and presented in an unputdownable format. Iwago is one of the world's preeminent wildlife photographers, his images repeatedly lauded as superbly composed, dramatic, intelligent, and beautiful. His first book, Serengeti, was called one of the finest wildlife books ever published and has sold over 80,000 copies. Wildlife boasts the same riveting perspective, but takes us a good deal further, presenting wildlife of all kinds on every continent. Organized by region, from the Galapagos Islands to the plains of Africa, from the forests of India to the ice floes of Alaska, Wildlife is the rare nature book that is international in scope. Turn these pages and the panoply of creation dazzles the mind and the eye. Asian elephants, African lions, Antarctic penguins, North American otters-the world's myriad creatures show themselves in this brilliantly colorful tour. Here is an absolutely essential volume for all who love animals.?

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com Review

Mitsuaki Iwago thinks like an animal. How else to explain his ability to get so close to, so intimate with, the creatures he photographs? In Wildlife, Iwago captures the beauty, savagery, and whimsy of the animal world with more than 450 pictures taken all over the globe. It's hard to pick highlights from such a rich collection, but the Antarctic section rivals any photo book on the subject; Iwago's graceful color images of sunbathing seals, rock-hopping penguins, and soaring albatross are set against a stark, unforgiving landscape. In the African section, Iwago definitely puts the "wild" in "wildlife": in one brutal series, a family of cheetahs brings down their prey, casually killing with the ease of practiced predators and then licking blood from their chops. But he is also adept at finding the gentler moments of animal life, like an old red kangaroo resting quietly in the sun. Wildlife offers brief, intimate glances at the daily lives of hundreds of species, from the lens of a man who seems to understand what it is to be an animal. --Therese Littleton --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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Hypnotically beautiful animal pictures by a master Japanese photographer... --Newsweek on Serengeti

It is hard to imagine wildlife photographs getting better than these. --The New York Times Book Review on Serengeti --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 608 pages
• Publisher: Chronicle Books (October 1, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0811818586
• ISBN-13: 978-0811818582
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 8 x 1.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,122,608 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Spectacular, September 18, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Wildlife (Paperback)

More than 600 pages of spectacular moments in time captured by this outstanding photographer. This book is a must for every animal enthusists library ! Again, Iwago has brought to us what we before could only imagine.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars It doesn't get any better than this!!!!, February 19, 1999

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This review is from: Wildlife (Paperback)

Is it the best photography you have ever seen? Is it the picture you dreamed you could take? Is it the patience to create a painting with the snap of a shutter? This book and Mr. Mitsuaki Iwago provide fulfillment. Before this I thought it had to be video. This presents the relevance and the intrigue and permits your own mind to wonder about the greatest creatures who inhabit the earth. We are so fortunate to be able to co-exist among them. If you have any doubt about what God created, you won't after you experience this masterful work.

Experience it, it is the essence of all life. A book which will renew itself everyday you possess it.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars wonderful photography book captured everyone, February 27, 2000

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This review is from: Wildlife (Paperback)

wonderful preview the to World Wildlife. the pictures beautiful and great. photography excellent from mitsuaki. mitsuaki the best in the photography World Wildlife .