Holland

by Bryan Peterson (Photographer), Bryan F Peterson (Photographer)

Although it is one of the smallest countries in Europe, Holland is also one of the most beautiful, charming, and accessible to visitors. The combination of enchanting towns and villages, breathtaking landscapes, and cosmopolitan urban centers is one that has been irresistible to millions of people from all over the world.
Through remarkable images and incisive text, Bryan Peterson and Helen Colijn pay tribute to the beloved land, people, and history of Holland. Revel in images of tulip fields and flat, fertile landscapes punctuated by windmills, old-world canals, and new-world architecture. Delight in the colorful Keukenhof, the flower market in Aalsmeer, and the huge, open skies. Marvel at the sophistication and cultural diversity of Amsterdam and Rotterdam, and the stateliness of The Hague. See the play of light on this land reclaimed from the sea, and discover why this light, in combination with the details of daily life, has inspired Europe's greatest artists for centuries.
Professional photographer Bryan Peterson is an instructor and a journalist and has lived and photographed both in Holland and in other European countries. He has received numerous regional and national awards for his work. When not in Europe, he makes his home in Portland, Oregon.
Helen Colijn has drawn upon her years of living in Holland and visiting the country to provide a marvelous and knowledgeable text to accompany Mr. Peterson's spectacular images. She has written about Holland for Sunset magazine and has authored several books, The Backroads of Holland, Of Dutch Ways, and Song of Women in a Prison Camp.
Monique Schussler, who researched and wrote the captions, is Dutch and makes her home in Hoorn, Holland.
Together, the photos and text intertwine in a balance nearly as intricate as that of the land and the water in this romantic and picturesque country called Holland.

142 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1992

About the author

Bryan F. Peterson has been a full-time commercial photographer since 1981, shooting assignments all over the world for many of the Fortune 500 companies, including Kodak, UPS, and American Expiress. He is also a contract stock photographer for Corbis and Getty. He has been a contributing editor at Outdoor Photographer Magazine and is currently a contributing editor at Popular Photography and Imaging Magazine. Within the photographic community, he is most noted as the author/photographer of four best selling “how-to” photography books, Understanding Exposure, Understanding Shutter Speed, Learning to See Creatively and Beyond Portraits, with two new books due out in the spring of 2009, Understanding Close-up Photography and The Field Guide to Photography. He is also the founder and one of the instructors at the world’s number one on-line photography school, www.ppsop.net.