Water Light Time

by David Doubilet, David Doubilet (Photographer)

Overview

Now available as a paperback, Water Light Time surveys over 25 years of the work of the world's leading underwater photographer, David Doubilet. This is the photographer's only book to include pictures of underwater territories from all around the world. This new paperback edition will make one of Phaidon’s most popular titles accessible to an even wider audience.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780714846057
Publisher:	Phaidon Press
Publication date:	02/28/2006
Edition description:	Reprint
Pages:	240
Product dimensions:	13.50(w) x 9.25(h) x 0.87(d)
Age Range:	13 - 18 Years

About the Author

Born in America in 1946, David Doubilet began snorkelling at the age of eight; by the age of thirteen, he was taking his first underwater photographs with a pre-war Leica in the green sea off the New Jersey coast. Having studied photography at Boston University, he published his first pictures in National Geographic in 1972 and has continued to do so regularly since then, reporting from oceans around the world.

He has captured ground-breaking images of great white sharks, creatures of the undersea desert, flourescent corals and shipwrecks. Widely acclaimed as the world's leading underwater photographer, Doubilet has received numerous awards including 'Pictures of the Year' repeatedly, as well as the prestigious 'Lennart Nilsson Prize' in 2001.

Editorial Reviews

Doubilet, a frequent photographer for National Geographic, proves his mastery of underwater photography yet again in this elegant, coffee table-size collection of almost 200 photographs. Interspersed with brief textual introductions, the images span Doubilet's career (and the world), running the gamut of marine environments and species. The 30 bodies of water covered range from the shores of the Gal pagos Islands to the Red Sea, and the book's 11 sections range from "Beneath the Surface" to "Desert Sea" to "Coral Eden." The book is nothing less than magnificent. Because of its beauty and oversize dimensions, however, it may prove difficult for libraries; it certainly won't work for those with security problems. Highly recommended for all photography collections, especially those including underwater photography, this is also appropriate for libraries at all levels where there is strong interest in marine biology and scuba diving.--Margaret A. Rioux, MBL/WHOI Lib., Woods Hole, MA Copyright 1999 Cahners Business Information.

Library Journal

'A showcase for the work of National Geographic's David Doubilet, an heir to Cousteau and Cartier-Bresson, whose underwater photojournalism, with its painterly contortions of color and geometry, transcends mere reportage.' (The New Yorker)

'Page after page of mesmerising pictures.' (Arena)

'An inspiring and dramatic book, which takes underwater photography to new levels.' (Dive)

'Mesmerising, astonishing art.' (Sphere)

'A breathtaking book full of awe-inspiring images.' (Good Book Guide)

'You can almost hear the sea with each turn of the page. Buy it.' (Practical Photography)

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