The Photo Ark

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This lush book of photography represents National Geographic s Photo Ark, a major cross platform initiative and lifelong project by photographer Joel Sartore to make portraits of the world s animals especially those that are endangered His powerful message, conveyed with humor, compassion, and art to know these animals is to save them.Sartore intends to photograph every animal in captivity in the world He is circling the globe, visiting zoos and wildlife rescue centers to create studio portraits of 12,000 species, with an emphasis on those facing extinction He has photographed than 6,000 already and now, thanks to a multi year partnership with National Geographic, he may reach his goal This book showcases his animal portraits from tiny to mammoth, from the Florida grasshopper sparrow to the greater one horned rhinoceros Paired with the eloquent prose of veteran wildlife writer Douglas Chadwick, this book presents a thought provoking argument for saving all the species of our planet. New Read The Photo Ark [ by ] Joel Sartore [ Kindle ePUB or eBook ] – kino-fada.fr Amazing pictures And a great way to generateawareness for animals going extinct There needs to be so muchdone for these animals before they are gone. The following review is based off my own opinions, thoughts and reactions So in other words brace yourself There may be inappropriate words such as curse words You have been advised in advanceSo I have been thinking of how I wanted to kick this review off and I mean, I could just gush over animals or going into a lecture about everything thing this book stands for, but I think I m just going to jump into explaining how this book, THIS right here is the crown jewel of my book collection The following review is based off my own opinions, thoughts and reactions So in other words brace yourself There may be inappropriate words such as curse words You have been advised in advanceSo I have been thinking of how I wanted to kick this review off and I mean, I could just gush over animals or going into a lecture about everything thing this book stands for, but I think I m just going to jump into explaining how this book, THIS right here is the crown jewel of my book collection I m a HUGE animal advocate I volunteer as various rehabilita...What a gorgeous volume of photographs, all closeups of animals, insects, birds, set against black backgrounds A rating is shown for each animal, which illustrates it s place on the continuum of extinction, from Extinct, to Least Concern In his introduction to this collection, actor Harrison Ford states Joel Sartore s Photo Ark focuses a lens on the individual thread in nature s tapestry.The importance of works like Joel s is that it reminds us to care about those individual threads His What a gorgeous volume of photographs, all closeups of animals, insects, birds, set against black backgrounds A rating is shown for each animal, which illustrates it s place on the continuum of extinction, from Extinct, to L...Amazing pictures and stories of animals Foreword by Harrison Ford.This is a book that should be on everyone s coffee tables and book shelves I found it on the new release shelf at my local library, being an animal lover I had to check it out National Geographic the Photo ark is a lifelong project, already spanning 25 years, of photographer Joel Sartore It is his goal to take portraits of the world s animals, especially those that are endangered and put them at our fingertips Joel has a powerful message sprawling through this fantastic book conveyed with This is a book that should be on everyone s coffee tables and book shelves I found it on the new release shelf at my local library, being an animal lover I had to check it out National Geographic the Photo ark is a lifelong project, already spanning 25 years, of photographer Joel Sartore It is his goal to take portraits of the world s animals, especially those that are endangered and put them at our fingertips Joel has a powerful message sprawling through this fantastic book conveyed with humor, compassion and art Joel hopes we will look into the eyes of these animals, to know these animals, in order to save them.Sartore s intends to photograph ever...Absolutely Beautiful Animal Pictures This book is a Treasure Parents should be sharing this book with their children A wonderful addition to anyone s personal library.This book contains gorgeous full page photographs of about 400 animals, both invertebrate and vertebrate The photographer has each posed against an all white or black background so as not to detract from the impact that these beautifully coloured pictures have on the viewer So far the photographer, Joel Sartore, has collected 6 000 photos of an estimated 12,000 species for over a decade, and hopes to devote his life to photographing the remaining 6,000 Such photos have been archived by the Na This book contains gorgeous full page photographs of about 400 animals, both invertebrate and vertebrate The photographer has each posed against an all white or black background so as not to detract from the impact that these beautifully coloured pictures have on the viewer So far the photographer, Joel Sartore, has collected 6 000 photos of an estimated 12,000 species for over a decade, and hopes to devote his life to photographing the remaining 6,000 Such photos have been archived by the National Geographic as part of an ongoing Photo Ark Project There is an impetus to inspire people to do whatever the can to preserve the earth s biodiversity His message is that if notis done half these species may become extinct by 2100 Sadly we are losingforms of animal life than any time since the Ice Age Included ...This is a collection of some of the photos of the world s animals as taken by Joel Sartore Sartore s goal is to take a photograph of every species of animal under human care So far he has photographed about half of them over 6,000 and about 400 are featured in the book This project is sponsored by National Geographic, and the goal of the project is to highlight the alarming rate at which humankind is diminishing, and damaging,the unique biodiversity of Earth Because of the immensity of t This is a collection of some of the photos of the world s animals as taken by Joel Sartore Sartore s goal is to take a photograph of every species of animal under human care So far he has photographed about half of them over 6,000 and about 400 are featured in the book This project is sponsored by National Geographic, and the goal of the project is to highlight the alarming rate at which humankind is diminishing, and damaging,the unique biodiversity of Earth Because of the immensity of the project, Sartore has only photographed animals already under human care, where they are easily accessible to be photographed To highlight the animals they are all either photographed against a white or black background Animals large and small are given equal focus, as animals of all sizes are equally important to the health of ecosystems All animals are accompanied by thei...I almost never buy boox For one, they re too expensive in the quantity I read For another, with so much new to read, it s rare for me to find one I want to read again I m blessed with a fantastic library and essentially unlimited access to Interlibrary Loans.So why did I buy this book Like every NatGeo book I ve ever seen, the photographs are spectacular It s almost entirely a picture book, with very little in the way of written explanations yet those little comments are evocative If you d I almost never buy boox For one, they re too expensive in the quantity I read For another, with so much new to read, it s rare for me to find one I want to read again I m blessed with a fantastic library and essentially unlimited access to Interlibrary Loans.So why did I buy this book Like every NatGeo book I ve ever seen, the photographs are spectacular It s almost entirely a picture book, with very little in the way of written explanations yet those little comments are evocative If you didn t feel a need to protect animals and species before you pored over this book, you won t walk away from it without that drive No, there s no long list of places you should support for this or that creature you can get them online ...Absolutely stunning I follow both Joel Sartore and his Photo Ark project on Instagram and have ever since I heard about them while watching the Racing Extinction documentary which I ALSO highly recommend Ecological conservation and the current extinction event are issues of maximum importance to me, so I had been looking forward to sitting down with this book I was not disappointed It is superlatively beautiful, andimportantly, motivational The book shows several instances of real l Absolutely stunning I follow both Joel Sartore and his Photo Ark project on Instagram and have ever since I heard about them while watching the Racing Extinction documentary which I ...

The Photo Ark
  • English
  • 25 April 2017
  • Hardcover
  • 400 pages
  • 1426217773
  • Joel Sartore
  • The Photo Ark