Product Description
This is a unique collaboration between two observers who have, for more than twenty-five years, been examining landscape change in the Canadian Rockies – national park biologist Cliff White & Canadian Rockies historian Ted Hart. Working with historical photographs, White has retraced the steps of the original photographers & taken new shots in the same locales, a technique known as ‘repeat photography’. Comparing these images side-by-side, the authors show the drama… More >>
The Lens of Time: A Repeat Photography of Landscape Change in the Canadian Rockies
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#1 by Midwest Book Review on March 24, 2010 - 1:52 am
Part of the University of Calgary Press unique ‘Parks and Heritage’ series focusing on North American national parks and historic sites, “The Lens Of Time: A Repeat Photography Of Landscape Change In The Canadian Rockies” is the collaborative Project of Cliff White and Ted Hart which compares yesteryear black-and-white photographs in side-by-side arrangement with contemporary full color photographs of the same landscapes, taken from the same positional perspectives, and revealing the changes that have taken place during the intervening 125 years. Enhanced with an informed and informative commentary text, “The Lens Of Time” is an enthusiastically recommended addition to professional, academic, and community library collections, and would prove of immense and particular interest to environmental activists and non-specialist general readers with an appreciation of Canadian Rockies landscapes — then and now!
Rating: 5 / 5