In Wildness Is the Preservation of the World is a vintage classic that pairs passages by writer Henry David Thoreau with images by photographer Eliot Porter.
Ahead of its time, this bestselling-and long-out-of-print-classic monograph was first published in 1962.
Porter masterfully created color photographs of the New England woods to pair with the writings of Henry David Thoreau.
In Wildness Is the Preservation of the World is a vintage classic that pairs passages by writer Henry David Thoreau with images by photographer Eliot Porter.
Ahead of its time, this bestselling-and long-out-of-print-classic monograph was first published in 1962.
Porter masterfully created color photographs of the New England woods to pair with the writings of Henry David Thoreau.
Eliot Porter (1901–1990) was an iconic American photographer, most
often associated with his outstanding large-format color
photographs of the natural world.
Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862) was an American essayist, poet, and
philosopher. A leading transcendentalist, Thoreau is beloved
especially for his classic book Walden.
"A new generation has come of age since this elegant volume was
published. ... Word and picture complement each other in a
celebration of the New England countryside through the seasons.
This was a landmark work. Porter's images of woods and streams,
bogs and forests, plant and animal life remind us that Thoreau saw
these things in similar settings more than a century ago. The book
is timeless." --"Publishers Weekly"
"Luckily, Ammo Books just started publishing this book again, and I
was happy to accept a review copy to check out this new edition.
... It's a great inspirational book to start off the new year, and
it's one of those books that belong on every nature photographer's
bookshelf." --"PhotoNaturalist"
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