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Elegy: Reflections on Angkor

by Kenro Izu, John McDermott, Roland Eng
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Serene beauty captured in McDermott's photographs.

Elegy: Reflections on Angkor should be read by those who appreciate serene beauty. McDermott's photographs provide a unique and definitive artistic portrait of the ancient Khmer temples of Angkor. The exquisite coffee-table art book captures a unique moment in the history of Angkor before it became a high profile international destination. The book contains over 100 stunning photographs printed in Italy by one of the premier fine-art book printers in the world.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.
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Elegy: Reflections on Angkor

by Kenro Izu, John McDermott, Roland Eng
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ISBN: 9789995099206
Authors: Kenro Izu, John McDermott, Roland Eng
Publisher: McDermott Gallery
Date of Publication: 2009-01-01
Format: Hardcover
Related Collections: Art, History
Related Topics: Art and Photography, Photography, Ancient History, Art, Photography
Goodreads rating: 4.67
(rated by 6 readers)

Description

According to The New York Times, John McDermott is "the Ansel Adams of Angkor…. His pictures are not just beautiful but iconic… dreamlike photos, which look as though they were taken in an ancient, forgotten world… becoming, in essence, the defining images of Angkor." McDermott's magical images let us enter an Angkor that is rapidly the hidden realm of temples lost in the forest, a nineteenth-century explorer's dream. He first came to Angkor in 1995 to witness a total eclipse of the sun. Inspired by the surreal, otherworldly light of the eclipse, he returned again and again over the next several years to create a definitive artistic portrait of the ancient Khmer temples. McDermott's photographs capture a unique moment in the history of a pause on the cusp of their transition from remote jungle ruins to a high-profile international destination. In his images, you can still wander solitary and alone through the giant stone causeway to a slumbering Angkor Wat, or watch in silence as a nun lights incense at a sunlit stupa. Created in a fourteen-year labor of love, Elegy is the definitive collection of McDermott's Angkor photography, with over 100 photographs. This exquisite coffee-table art book, with its lush images and subtle tonalities, was printed in Italy by Editoriale Bortolazzi Stei, one
 

Serene beauty captured in McDermott's photographs.

Elegy: Reflections on Angkor should be read by those who appreciate serene beauty. McDermott's photographs provide a unique and definitive artistic portrait of the ancient Khmer temples of Angkor. The exquisite coffee-table art book captures a unique moment in the history of Angkor before it became a high profile international destination. The book contains over 100 stunning photographs printed in Italy by one of the premier fine-art book printers in the world.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.