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(27 customer reviews) 16 of 16 people found the following review helpful
It's Like Seeing Horses with New Eyes Every Time You Open It,
September 28, 2008 Fran Jurga (Massachusetts, USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Equus (Hardcover)
It seems like I have been waiting forever for this book to be published and now I have one in my hands. I had seen the images on Tim Flach's web site but couldn't imagine their tactile presence. The book is huge and the physical act of turning such big pages creates drama, as the next image unfolds.
I believe that this book will be the new standard by which artistic animal photography will be judged.
It is stunning, thought-provoking and inspirational, without any text to get in the way of your own reactions. (Although there is text elsewhere in the book, should you care to read more.)
This book will never grow old. You will, but this book will grow with you. You'll see it again for the first time, every time you open it.
And you'll know horses as you never have before.
20 of 25 people found the following review helpful
not worth it,
November 24, 2008 R. Varga Kiss (Lemmer, The Netherlands) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Equus (Hardcover)
Although there are a few very beautiful - even magical - photos in this book, I regret buying it. It is not worth its price. I am a fan of artistic photos, so the fact that the most pictures show only parts of horses doesn't bother me. What does, is that there is so much space lost in this book. There are many pages left blank (black or white), so the thickness of the book tricks you. There are far less photos in it than one might expect. I counted the blank pages out of curiosity: 86 out of 300 pages are blank; that is almost a third! What a shame! In addition to that, most photos aren't even full-page.
For the money that I paid, I expected some more.
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Stunning,
December 28, 2008 Dr. C. Wright "horsevet" (Park City Utah) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Equus (Hardcover)
Probably the best horse photo book I have seen, even surpassing Robert Vavra, which is quite a feat. For someone who works with horses, as I do every day, with this book you can almost smell the wet hide and feel the flow of mane. The beauty and magic of horses is in the smallest details, the whole form, and the movement. Tim Flach has somehow managed to capture all three aspects. The various geographical locations are a wonderful enhancement as well. This is a book of beauty.
