To the Edges of the Earth
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9781928257844
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Weight | 0.610000 |
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ISBN13/Barcode | 9781928257844 |
ISBN10 | 1928257844 |
Author | PICKFORD, Peter |
Binding | Paperback |
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Date Published | 1st April 2021 |
Pages | 423 |
Publisher | Bookstorm |
• What does it take to document the last refuges of wilderness on our planet?
• Where would you go to find the last free roaming wild animals and land untouched by humans on each continent?
• A landmark travelogue from South Africa’s most famed wildlife photographers.
• Tells the story behind the epic journey Peter and Beverly Pickford took to photograph the wildest remaining places on earth (published in the internationally renowned photography book, Wild Land).
THE BOOK
Four years. Seven continents. An unprecedented quest to document and fight for the preservation of our last remaining wild lands.
Peter and Beverly Pickford had a dream to photograph the wildest corners of the earth, and sold their farm to finance the venture. “We had become increasingly distressed by two ideas. The first was a sense of panic as to how rapidly wild space and the life that thrived there was diminishing. The second was that we felt compelled to act, to do something about it. I was haunted by the words of Ghandi, ‘be the change you want to see in the world.’”
Peter tells the story of four years of travelling, much of it in their modified Land Rover that was shipped from continent to continent, and the moments of awe at what they found as well as the disappointment with people and their governments for failing to protect their wildest parts; for failing to recognise the inherent value in wilderness. The travelling was hard, but they brought back the images and the stories to show us the wild places and what threatens them. A story told with passion that makes you yearn for wide open spaces and wildlife without fear of humans. Join them to visit Antarctica, Patagonia and the Andes, the Yukon and Alaska, the Arctic, the Tibetan Plateau, the Kimberly in Australia and finally the Namibian desert.
SEE MORE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HSIErCeQQqE&t=7s
THE AUTHOR
Peter Pickford and his wife Beverly are professional wildlife photographers, committed conservationists, and inveterate travellers and explorers. Both born and educated in South Africa, Peter and Beverly met in 1979 when they were working in wildlife tourism. The pair embarked on award-winning photography careers. Their work has carried them across all of earth’s continents to produce nine books, among them the bestselling The Miracle Rivers: The Okavango and the Chobe of Botswana and the critically acclaimed Forever Africa: A Journey from the Cape of Good Hope to Morocco and the most recent Wild Land. Their photography has earned them numerous awards, including the Agfa Wildlife Photographer of the Year.