Since the previous blog got me
into a bit of a photography mood, I continued looking for more great pictures. And
more than that, I wanted to go beyond the USA, and see what the rest of the
world had to offer! Turns out, the rest of the world offers a whole lot in the
way of amazing pictures of amazing places. I have always loved traveling, and
if I happened to trip and fall over a giant sack of money, I would use it for
travel (or a pony) to see all the natural wonders of the world. But, until that
giant bag of money pops up, I will have to settle for looking at these books
filled with pictures of amazing places that I might get to actually see in
person one day! Or I can just wander around Burdette Park and imagine I am
in the French countryside. I'm an English major, using imagination is kinda
what we do.
This is a book combining
two great things in one: mountains and paintings. It describes various mountain
landscapes that have also appeared in photographs and paintings,
and compares them. And holy cow, these are the real deal and great looking. There's a huge
assortment of pictures, ranging from multicolored desert mountains to snowy peaks
in the Himalayas; it’s just amazing. It makes you want to travel to these
remote locations faster than you can find a passport and the sketchy pilot to
take you there. The paintings are sometimes of the actual mountains, and
sometimes of something that just captures the mood of the place. Either
way, the pictures look amazing, like nature decided that it wanted to really go
all out when creating these landscapes. The book is like flying around all
these amazing places in a plane, then flying through an art gallery. None of
the photos or paintings of these places have people or buildings. They simply show nature at its finest, next
to art at its best. What’s not to like?
Through the Lens
This book's material moves way
beyond landscapes, using pictures of people and cities as well as landscapes.
While I've been focusing mostly on landscape and the majesty of nature, I like this
book so much I had to include it. After all, when you’re traveling, you’re not
just looking at steep mountains and colored deserts, you’re also exploring
cities and towns, meeting people, and having experiences. And this book
feels like a series of experiences. Each chapter is broken into sections based
on continent or area, with pictures of huge events like revolutions or national celebrations,
as well as pictures of dancing and just sitting. It’s a collection from National
Geographic, so it has pictures from as early as the 1920s, as well as recent
ones, and they are all beautifully shot and presented. Photos of people and places show both the strange and the mundane, making both beautiful. If you like pictures or love
travel, check this out. It’s full of great pictures of the earth, but also of
the people who inhabit it.
Want to see even more
pictures? More places? This book is filled to the brim with both! Open up any
page and see pictures of life from all over the world. Like the previous
books, it focuses on landscapes, like sweeping shots of the deserts of
Saudi Arabia, to multicolored gardens in the Netherlands, to cave paintings in
Australia and dancers in Morocco. Does it make me want to travel to see these
place? Oh, yes it does. Books like these remind us just how amazing the world
is, and why we should try to see more of it.
If you want to see exciting
places, but don’t exactly have the budget, thumb through any of these titles or others like them! Just look at the pictures, and it’s easy to imagine yourself standing right
there. Want to see everyday life shown in an artistic way, that's just as
interesting as foreign locations and giant peaks and mountains? Then just lift your eyes from your smart device, and look
around you.
CP
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