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Still: Oceanscapes by Debra Bloomfield
Debra Bloomfield's hypnotic photographs provide a visual map of the powerful interplay between sea and sky. Over theyears, on a single lonesome stretch of beach, Bloomfield has captured an undeniably intimate portrait of the ocean at rest. Almost impressionistic in their tone, this collection of 60 photographs chronicling seascapes smudging into a series of hazy horizons creates a striking contrast with what we've come to expect of ocean photography. Still is a captivating and entrancing vision by a unique voice in contemporary photography.
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136 pages, Hardcover
First published March 26, 2008
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May 8, 2010
I didn't read the essay by Williams (that isn't why i checked it out), but just looked at the images. THEY'RE AMAZING! I loved this book, I would LOVE LOVE LOVE to have one of these prints. She's a large format shooter, like myself, and her approach to the oceanic landscape was just beautiful.
as a sidenote, it was cool to "read" this with my son, who is currently 27 months. Every page I said, "This is the ocean, it is________" which we filled in with the color of the picture. Such a RAD way to learn your colors!
as a sidenote, it was cool to "read" this with my son, who is currently 27 months. Every page I said, "This is the ocean, it is________" which we filled in with the color of the picture. Such a RAD way to learn your colors!
June 14, 2015
My review is for Bloomfield's latest: Wilderness
Yet another gorgeous work of art.
Wilderness by Debra Bloomfield, is one of the most beautiful and poetic pictorial works of art that I’ve seen in a long time. Wilderness is the culmination of Bloomfield’s time in Alaska, over a five year period. This body of work is dedicated to Margaret Murdy, one of the original conservationist activists and wilderness preservationists. Bloomfield’s son created a cd soundscape, recorded during the expeditions to Alaska. Terry Tempest Williams, Rebecca A. Senf, and Lauren E. Oake contributed essays on managing wilderness with legislative policy, and on how this project came to be.
Bloomfield’s previous landscape project was a meditative work on the ocean, from one vantage point. She captured the shifting moods of water affected by weather and light. With Wilderness, she explores a forest in Alaska, accessible only by boat or plane. Because she wanted to move through the landscape, she traveled by boat, then foot. Bloomfield sequenced the color plates by water, ravens, trees, land forms, and underbrush.
Wilderness is a moving tribute to the incredible beauty and intimacy of wild places that nourish us all.
Yet another gorgeous work of art.
Wilderness by Debra Bloomfield, is one of the most beautiful and poetic pictorial works of art that I’ve seen in a long time. Wilderness is the culmination of Bloomfield’s time in Alaska, over a five year period. This body of work is dedicated to Margaret Murdy, one of the original conservationist activists and wilderness preservationists. Bloomfield’s son created a cd soundscape, recorded during the expeditions to Alaska. Terry Tempest Williams, Rebecca A. Senf, and Lauren E. Oake contributed essays on managing wilderness with legislative policy, and on how this project came to be.
Bloomfield’s previous landscape project was a meditative work on the ocean, from one vantage point. She captured the shifting moods of water affected by weather and light. With Wilderness, she explores a forest in Alaska, accessible only by boat or plane. Because she wanted to move through the landscape, she traveled by boat, then foot. Bloomfield sequenced the color plates by water, ravens, trees, land forms, and underbrush.
Wilderness is a moving tribute to the incredible beauty and intimacy of wild places that nourish us all.
January 31, 2014
my kind of art, ansel adams + mark rothko + mary randlett + plenty of individual genius in these photos.
And if goodreads had her new book (Wilderness), I'd give that five stars too :).
And if goodreads had her new book (Wilderness), I'd give that five stars too :).
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