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A Kite's Eye View: India: Between Earth and Sky
Breathtaking images of India taken ingeniously by attaching a camera on a kite. Nicolas Chorier, one of the finest exponents of kite photography has spent the last 10 years traveling and photographing the length and breadth of India. Kite photography is unique, eco-friendly and gives a perspective that is not possible through other aerial means.
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189 pages, Hardcover
First published October 1, 2007
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May 5, 2008
This is just amazing. French photographer Nicolas Chorier somehow managed to get permission to take aerial shots over some of the most beautiful sites in India. How did he do it? By attaching his camera to a kite and flying it himself. Genius.
This is a book of pictures, although each section has a small caption with a brief description of how the shot was taken, as well as the occasional anecdote - such as having other kite flyers attempt to take out his in kite fights, an Indian tradition. Each and every photograph is breathtaking, and really gives a sense of the scale of some of the palaces, forts and temples in the country. A sense of scale which can be difficult to fully realise when you're viewing the very same things from the ground. Absolutely beautiful.
Flicking through the pages of this book i find myself smiling, in awe at Chorier's work, and feeling a fair amount of jealousy over it too! Gorgeous stuff, i can't recommend this highly enough for people who are interested in India and photography.
This is a book of pictures, although each section has a small caption with a brief description of how the shot was taken, as well as the occasional anecdote - such as having other kite flyers attempt to take out his in kite fights, an Indian tradition. Each and every photograph is breathtaking, and really gives a sense of the scale of some of the palaces, forts and temples in the country. A sense of scale which can be difficult to fully realise when you're viewing the very same things from the ground. Absolutely beautiful.
Flicking through the pages of this book i find myself smiling, in awe at Chorier's work, and feeling a fair amount of jealousy over it too! Gorgeous stuff, i can't recommend this highly enough for people who are interested in India and photography.
June 13, 2008
This is a coffee table book, but anyone who likes India, is from India, has roots in India, or just likes kites should consider this book.
My Sanskrit guru encouraged me to buy this book, but I didn't want another picture book, so I procrastinated its purchase.
And then one day I was at his house and it was there on his coffee table. So I glanced through it. Wow! The first picture I saw was of a few men stnading with their horses on the desert, butas I looked at the long shadow of the sunrise, i realized that they were camels not horses. I turn to the next page, and it was an areal view of a camael market in Jaipur I think. But, tens of hundreds of camels peppered the desert, it was awe inspiring.
So it is not neceesarily a goodread, but a marvlous photography book.
My Sanskrit guru encouraged me to buy this book, but I didn't want another picture book, so I procrastinated its purchase.
And then one day I was at his house and it was there on his coffee table. So I glanced through it. Wow! The first picture I saw was of a few men stnading with their horses on the desert, butas I looked at the long shadow of the sunrise, i realized that they were camels not horses. I turn to the next page, and it was an areal view of a camael market in Jaipur I think. But, tens of hundreds of camels peppered the desert, it was awe inspiring.
So it is not neceesarily a goodread, but a marvlous photography book.
February 15, 2015
If you want to fall in love with India, and don't have the money to visit, get this book (or borrow from me!)
It's full of beautiful, unique photographs.
Thanks again to Philitsa for getting me this book!
It's full of beautiful, unique photographs.
Thanks again to Philitsa for getting me this book!
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