Celestial Nights: Visions of an Ancient Land

by Neil Folberg (Photographer), Timothy Ferris (Contributor)

This series of compelling night images of the land and skies of Israel offers the viewer mystical points of entry and departure. The world depicted in Celestial Nights is composed of a delicately constructed order in which earth and the heavens mirror each other. Folbergís photographs describe places where the spiritual is at once near, imprinted in the forms of the arid landscapes, and far away in the recesses of space. Neil Folberg, a former student and colleague of Ansel Adams, is renowned for landscapes and images of ìbuilt environments.î Born in San Francisco and raised in the Mid-west, Folberg has lived in Jerusalem since 1976. Timothy Ferris is the bestselling author of Coming of Age in the Milky Way .

ìThe genius of these images is not in the revelation of any new truth, but in the expression of unsolvable equations. We are shown both realms of the visible universe, Earth and sky.î-- Astronomy , June 2002

64 pages, Hardcover

First published September 1, 2001

Reviews

[Jennifer Entwistle · Rating 3 out of 5]

Beautiful coffee table book! Photo manipulation done before the digital era in the traditional sense. As a photographer, I can appreciate this artist's work.

[Denise]

These are the most spectacular night photos I have ever seen. This book is truly amazing.