The harsh beauty of the polar regions has long fascinated explorers and armchair adventurers alike, and the forbidding terrain and exotic life-forms appeal to our sense of wonder. In Poles Apart, Rowell takes readers on an exh ilarating visual journey to the top and bottom of the world, using his camera to reveal the fascinating differences in these polar opposites.
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The harsh beauty of the polar regions has long fascinated explorers and armchair adventurers alike, and the forbidding terrain and exotic life-forms appeal to our sense of wonder. In Poles Apart, Rowell takes readers on an exh ilarating visual journey to the top and bottom of the world, using his camera to reveal the fascinating differences in these polar opposites.
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Near Fine in Very Good jacket. University of California Press, 1995. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. Signed by the author/photographer with brief inscription. Beautiful color nature photography on oversize pages throughout. Bright & clean. Covers with slightest shelfwear. Glossy jacket with deep flaps. Jacket has a couple of small rubs at corners and lower edge. Oversize. First Edition with full number line..
Add this copy of Poles Apart. Parallel Visions of the Arctic and to cart. $88.10, very good condition, Sold by Arapiles Mountain Books rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Castlemaine, VIC, AUSTRALIA, published 1995 by University of California Press.
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F- in VG+ jacket. Signed by Author. F-/F-. Oblong 4to. original blue cloth gilt (a trifle rubbed & bumped, very occ. spot) in unpriced dustwrapper (a trifle rubbed, slight nicking to headcap); pp. 184, with numerous illustrations. Heavy item (2 kg), additional postage may be required for international delivery. A very good copy. Inscribed to prev. owner on half-title 'To...Best wishes, Galen Rowell April 2, 2000'.
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Fine in Very Good jacket. Book. 4to-over 9¾"-12" tall. Signed by Author(s) First edition/first printing book is tight with no markings, dj has some curling along the edges, tiny nick along bottom back edge, light soiling and rubbing to dj, signed on the title page by Rowell.
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Galen Rowell. Very good in Good jacket. Format is approximately 12 inches by 11 inches. 183, [1] pages. Illustrated endpapers. Illustrations (many in color). Autographed copy sticker on front of DJ. Signed on the half-title page. DJ has some edge wear. Galen Avery Rowell (August 23, 1940-August 11, 2002) was a wilderness photographer, adventure photojournalist and climber. He became a full-time photographer in 1972. Within a year, he had completed his first major assignment, a cover story for National Geographic and thus Rowell got his start. He pioneered a new kind of photography in which he was not merely an observer, but considered himself a participant in the scenes that he photographed. He won the Ansel Adams Award for Conservation Photography in 1984. Rowell was also a highly regarded writer, publishing numerous magazine articles and eighteen books in his lifetime. His In the Throne Room of the Mountain Gods about the history of mountaineering on K2 (1977) is considered a classic of mountaineering literature. He used 35 mm Nikon cameras and lenses almost exclusively for their reliability and portability. Rowell conceived a technical approach of extending the dynamic range to be captured on film. He developed a set of graduated neutral density filters and had them produced by Singh-Ray, a filter manufacturer. They were sold under his name and became a standard for dealing with high contrast scenes. Galen Rowell also mastered the technique of using balanced fill flash which allowed him to lighten the deepest shadows in a subtle way to match the relatively narrow dynamic range of color reversal film. The harsh beauty of the polar regions has long captured the imagination of adventurers of every sort; explorers, scientists, world travelers, and those who are simply curious about these mysterious places. The forbidding terrain and exotic wildlife appeal to one's sense of wonder, and while many think the two poles are similar, the Arctic and Antarctic are vastly different. In his photographic exhibition Poles Apart, Galen Rowell highlights these contrasts, using side-by-side photographs to illustrate the differences. Derived from a review by Danny Yee found on the Internet: Poles Apart is a collection of photographs from the Arctic and Antarctic. Part one consists of 37 pairs of contrasted photos-one from each region-on facing pages. Part two contains 24 two page photo-essays on particular areas and topics. The photographs themselves are simply stunning. They are both visually impressive and well presented as a collection: Rowell's selection has a good balance between scenery (mountains, ice, tundra), wildlife (with some really spectacular "action" shots), people (scientists, native inhabitants of the Arctic, mountain climbers), and human habitations and equipment (historic huts, scientific research stations, pollution). His stated aim is to make the photographs accessible by balancing the unfamiliar with the familiar, and I think he has succeeded admirably. Some may feel cheated by the abundance of white-space-the photos occupy just half of each page-but in this case the white framing is both appropriate and effective (and it's always nice not to have to turn the page to find captions). Part three contains short essays on each of the photographs in parts one and two, providing rather eclectic snippets of background information. Photographers and artists will appreciate these more, however, as he goes into some detail about the composition of and technical parameters for each shot.
