Год выпуска: 2003 Автор: Anup Shah, Manoj Shah Издательство: Harry N. Abrams Страниц: 288 ISBN: 0810945339
Описание
The Brothers Shah, Kenyan-born of Indian parents, are wildlife photographers of unusual grace and depth. The African savannah is an enormous ecosystem of grasses, scattered trees, and millions of animal inhabitants. The result of that combination of elements is this stunning new collection of photographs chronicling life in the Serengeti/Maasai Mara and Ngorongoro Crater Parks of Kenya and Tanzania. Although this region has been well documented, its sheer size and the relative lack of human impact on it mean that there are always new things for photographers to discover. The Shahs have divided their images into 20 chapters, grouped by the ecology of the area, the behavior of the animals, and each group's place in the circle of life. Anup Shah's text introduces each section and provides a primer on the concepts the photos illustrate. It is the pictures themselves that make this a worthwhile purchase: aerial shots of the vast plains, a lone giraffe browsing on the single tree visible in...
