Sailors' Wisdom: Day by Day
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| Rating | : | 4.94 (553 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0810994488 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 600 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-06-01 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Throughout the year, waves, swells, lighthouses, sails, and boats in oceanic lights will fill the days with dream and escape. Raging and lawless or subsiding complacently, the sea continuously fascinates and bewitches in its many roles, creating and destroying, providing and consuming, charming and provoking. With its smaller format and a bounty of extraordinary photographs accompanied by proverbs from sailors, this book is a perfect gift for all seafarers and lovers of the sea.. After the international success of Abrams’ The Sea and The Sea Day by Day,
About the Author Philip Plisson is a highly acclaimed marine photographer who in 1999 was admitted into the exclusive group Peintres de la Marine (Of?cial Painters of the French Navy). His works include over 400,000 photographs and forty books.
. Philip Plisson is a highly acclaimed marine photographer who in 1999 was admitted into the exclusive group Peintres de la Marine (Of?cial Painters of the French Navy). His works include over 400,000 photographs and forty books
An original compendium that would grace any personal, academic, or community library collection Comprised of 365 full-color photographs taken by maritime photographer Philip Plisson (whose lifetime body of work includes more than An original compendium that would grace any personal, academic, or community library collection Midwest Book Review Comprised of 365 full-color photographs taken by maritime photographer Philip Plisson (whose lifetime body of work includes more than 400,000 photographs and forty books), "Sailors' Wisdom: Day By Day" features memorable images combined with sea-centric comments from a diversity of luminaries ranging from Albert Camus, to William Shakespeare, to Francis Bacon, to Herman Melville. Visually depicted are the oceans of the world in all of their diverse moods, states, and colors. From the sea's dream-like tranquility to its capacity for overwh. 00,000 photographs and forty books), "Sailors' Wisdom: Day By Day" features memorable images combined with sea-centric comments from a diversity of luminaries ranging from Albert Camus, to William Shakespeare, to Francis Bacon, to Herman Melville. Visually depicted are the oceans of the world in all of their diverse moods, states, and colors. From the sea's dream-like tranquility to its capacity for overwh. A great book! Sailors" wisdom is a great photobook of high quality (and with a competing price!) Each page let you dream about places where you want to be.. liked it Cihan Polat It is the first time I had such a photo book. I really liked it. However, the location of the photographs are given at the end of the book in an appendix, this makes it diffucult if you wonder where the photo is taken.