look inside

Ashes and Snow Exhibition Catalogue

by Gregory Colbert

Photographs: Gregory Colbert

Publisher: Flying Elephant Books

232 pages

Pictures: 204 illustrations

Year: 2006

ISBN: 9780976671589

Price: 220 €

Comments: 17,3 x 25,9 x 3,8 cm; English; Printed and bound in Italy on deckle edge Biblos paper from Cartiera Magnani in Pescia, Italy (this is the paper on which Napoleon’s wedding announcement was printed);

Gregory Colbert has spent thirteen years patiently filming and photographing elephants, whales, birds, and other animals in such places as India, Burma, Ethiopia, Sri Lanka, Kenya, Namibia, Egypt, the island of Dominica, Tonga, and Antarctica.

ashes and snow, Colbert's lifelong project, explores the nature of animals in their natural habitat as they interact with human beings. His images attempt to lift the natural and artificial barriers between humans and other species- to re-awaken in us an understanding of our shared animal nature.

The complete collection of the of photographic artworks that comprise Gregory Colbert’s Ashes and Snow exhibition, on display from January 14 to May 14, 2006, in the Nomadic Museum at the Santa Monica Pier.

The photographs, gathered on more than 40 expeditions since 1992, capture extraordinary moments of contact between man and animal. The result of profound patience and vision, the photographs have not been digitally collaged or superimposed; they record what the artist himself saw through the lens.

More books by Gregory Colbert

more books tagged »Canadian« | >> see all

more books tagged »animals« | >> see all

more books tagged »birds« | >> see all

A collector's choice by josefchladek.com

look inside

Ashes and Snow Exhibition Catalogue

by Gregory Colbert

Photographs: Gregory Colbert

Publisher: Flying Elephant Books

232 pages

Pictures: 204 illustrations

Year: 2006

ISBN: 9780976671589

Price: 220 €

Comments: 17,3 x 25,9 x 3,8 cm; English; Printed and bound in Italy on deckle edge Biblos paper from Cartiera Magnani in Pescia, Italy (this is the paper on which Napoleon’s wedding announcement was printed);

Gregory Colbert has spent thirteen years patiently filming and photographing elephants, whales, birds, and other animals in such places as India, Burma, Ethiopia, Sri Lanka, Kenya, Namibia, Egypt, the island of Dominica, Tonga, and Antarctica.

ashes and snow, Colbert's lifelong project, explores the nature of animals in their natural habitat as they interact with human beings. His images attempt to lift the natural and artificial barriers between humans and other species- to re-awaken in us an understanding of our shared animal nature.

The complete collection of the of photographic artworks that comprise Gregory Colbert’s Ashes and Snow exhibition, on display from January 14 to May 14, 2006, in the Nomadic Museum at the Santa Monica Pier.

The photographs, gathered on more than 40 expeditions since 1992, capture extraordinary moments of contact between man and animal. The result of profound patience and vision, the photographs have not been digitally collaged or superimposed; they record what the artist himself saw through the lens.

More books by Gregory Colbert

more books tagged »Canadian« | >> see all

more books tagged »animals« | >> see all

more books tagged »birds« | >> see all

A collector's choice by josefchladek.com

Shop fine art prints

still lifes

Birgit Zartl

price: 230 Euro

gstettn - native grounds

Regina Anzenberger

price: 450 Euro

tulipa

Annet van der Voort

price: 1050 Euro