Awe-inspiring book...

From DK Publishing

Over the past 16 years Swiss photographer Thomas Marent has traveled all over the world photographing rainforests, from Peru and Ecuador to New Zealand and Papua New Guinea. Usually traveling alone, Marent has been known to spend extraordinary lengths of time to get the perfect shot--sometimes 12 days.

You can see the results in his first book, Rainforest. The book is his testament--an intimate collection of more than 500 breathtaking animal and plant portraits, and the fascinating stories behind them.

This collection of Thomas Marent's images, 16 years in the making, brings alive the sheer and awe-inspiring beauty of the rainforest." Sting - founding patron, The Rainforest Foundation. Rainforests are the most complex, productive, dynamic and diverse places on Earth. In this stunning volume these largely unexplored ecosystems are revealed through the spectacular photography of Thomas Marent, a self-taught photographer who has dedicated half his life to capturing images of rainforest life.

Arranged thematically into four sections exploring the ways in which different life forms co-exist. Includes a 70-minute CD featuring the amazing sounds from the rainforest Features up-close views of the plants, trees, reptiles, birds, amphibians, insects and mammals of the rainforest.

Over 16 years in the making, Marent has traveled across five continents and dedicated half his life to capturing the astonishing variety and fascinating behaviour of rainforest life - from flesh-eating army ants and forest frogs to the vast colonies of technicolour butterflies that flutter high in the canopy. Highly recommended.(Hardcover Book and CD, 360 pages, Publisher: DK Publishing, 2006). Highly recommended.
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