Bark: An Intimate Look at the World's Trees

by Cedric Pollet

The author/photographer presents the most spectacular, striking, and remarkable examples of bark that he has found across five continents. Each image is a work of art in itself and is accompanied by a photograph of each tree in its natural environment, along with information about its species, origins, uses, habitat, and location. Cédric Pollet, whose background is landscape design, has combined his scientific and botanical background with his passion for plants to create a highly informative text, which compliments the beauty of his photographs. Bark is ideal for any nature lover.

Genres: Nature, Nonfiction, Natural History

192 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2008

Reviews

[Amy Paget · Rating 5 out of 5]

Bark is an amazing book, rightly subtitled "an intimate look at the world's trees". I love walking in the woods and examining trees and this title took me on a world tour. Pollet's background in landscape design lends to the beauty of this book.

http://www.cedric-pollet.com/site/en/

[Cyndi · Rating 4 out of 5]

What wonderful photos! There was only a short paragraph about each tree/bark, so that felt a little thin, but I really enjoyed the photos. So many color and texture ideas!

[Matt · Rating 5 out of 5]

One sketching exercise I enjoy is drawing on wood panels, letting the grain inform the composition. This book greatly expanded that idea with a global tour of trees, lush photographs of their bark, and almost too-brief descriptions of the life cycles of the trees themselves alongside lists of the surprising multitudes of uses for the barks. Often designated to the background in our lines of sight, the textures and colors are so striking that I'm certain you'll give better attention when you're in the woods. An intriguing coffee table book for artists and nature lovers alike.

[Mackay · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a coffee table book, jammed full of fabulous photographs of, yep, tree bark. But it's also full of information about trees and bark, and it's just wonderful.
I have two other large-format, exceptionally well photographed books about trees ... by Frenchmen. Are the French the only ones who care about trees the way I do?
(The way they manage and care for their forests, perhaps.)
A beautiful book.

[Isabelle · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is no fiction but an extraordinary book about the skins of trees. Pictures are gorgeous and you'll never guess they could be so colorfull, stange and even weird. But it's all in french...

[Tracey King · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love this book as I have a thing for beautiful photography and trees.

[Claire B. · Rating 5 out of 5]

Wonderful! I've a thing for trees and this book is a must-have if you're like me.

[Janet · Rating 5 out of 5]

Filled with breathtakingly beautiful, fascinating images of tree bark.

[Laura · Rating 5 out of 5]

Amazing photographs of the bark of trees around the world that look like abstract paintings. Gorgeous.