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This spectacular visual journey captures some of the most stunning photographs\u2014portraits, animals, landscapes, seascapes, nature, etc.\u2014from National Geographic\u2019s renowned image collection. Award-winning photographer Annie Griffiths culled the images to reflect the many variations on the universal theme of beauty. Now in mini-format, chapters are organized around the aesthetic concepts that create beauty in a photograph: Light, Composition, Moment (Gesture and Emotion), Motion, Palette, and Wonder.<\/p>\n

Beyond the introduction and brief essays about each featured concept, the text is light. The photographs speak for themselves, enhanced by lyrical quotes from scholars and poets. In the chapter on Light, for example, we read these words of whimsical wisdom from songwriter Leonard Cohen: \u201cRing the bells that still can ring. Forget your perfect offering. There is a crack in everything. That’s how the lights get in.\u201d And then the images flow, of light entering scenes through windows, clouds, and spotlights, from above, alongside, and behind, casting radiance upon young ballerinas and weathered men, into groves of autumn trees and island-dotted seas, revealing everything it touches to be beautiful beyond expectation.<\/p>\n

To illuminate the theme of Wonder, Griffiths chose a wish from Andre Bazin: \u201cIf I had influence with the good fairy…I should ask that her gift to each child in the world be a sense of wonder so indestructible that it would last throughout life.\u201d This thought is juxtaposed with an exquisite vision in white, a frame filled with the snowy-pure dots and rays of a bird\u2019s fan tail. And on it goes, picture after tantalizing picture, alive with wondrous beauty.<\/p>\n

When she created National Geographic Simply Beautiful Photographs, Annie Griffiths set two goals: to maximize visual delight, and to create a book unique in the world of publishing\u2014one in which many of the photographs could be purchased as prints. She has succeeded on both counts. Many of these stunning images are available for order, and there can be no doubt as to the visual delight. You must open this book for yourself, and take in its radiant beauty.<\/p>\n

Publisher \u200f : \u200e National Geographic
Publication date \u200f : \u200e September 13, 2016
Edition \u200f : \u200e Reissue
Language \u200f : \u200e English
Print length \u200f : \u200e 504 pages
ISBN-10 \u200f : \u200e 1426217269
ISBN-13 \u200f : \u200e 978-1426217265
Item Weight \u200f : \u200e 2.13 pounds
Dimensions \u200f : \u200e 6.77 x 1.14 x 6.77 inches
Part of series \u200f : \u200e National Geographic Collectors
Best Sellers Rank: #63,103 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #9 in Photojournalism (Books) #24 in Photo Essays (Books) #24 in Landscape Photography
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