Australia: Journey Through a Timeless Land

by Roff Smith

Book Overview

Every bit as diverse and expansive as it subject, this definitive, stunningly photographed volume illuminates the history, culture, landscapes, wildlife, and maritime wonderlands of the planet's most... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0792275780
• Release Date: January 2000
• Publisher: National Geographic
• Length: 303 Pages
• Weight: 3.68 lbs.

Customer Reviews

the miracle of space and time

"Australia -journey of a timeless land" is a great book about a surely great land. The texts by roff smith present all the territories of the continent, góing from the north to the west coast, the southern vineyards to the eastcoast. Smith writes about the historical development, the social and political status quo, every time in a interesting way, often using a personal point of view, areporters point of view. The aborigines-tragedy has room as has the cruels of Tasmanias prisons of the 18th Century Really marvellous and overwhelming are the photographs of national-geographic stuff-member sam abell. Great landscapes, the special light of morning or evening gives the land a structure. Abell is able to bring the feeling of space on a simple sheet. And he captures with his mostley wide-angle optics decessif moments, where time and space meet at an certain point. And I think, time and space, open space are specific for Australia, that i have not ever visited. Sam Abell is a great artist, more than a photojournalist. You should read his "stay this moment"-book also. This australia-book is worth every dolllar.