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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 779.34092
EAN: 9781576872260
ISBN: 1576872262
Label: powerHouse Books
Manufacturer: powerHouse Books
Number Of Items: 1
Book Pages: 80
Publication Date: 2004-09
Publisher: powerHouse Books
Studio: powerHouse Books

The idea for Fall came to photographer Christopher Griffith while he was living in a Manhattan brownstone, finalizing the design for his first monograph, States (powerHouse Books, 2000). "It was mid-November," Griffith recalls, "and the ivy on the side of my building seemed to be literally glowing outside my window. I picked a single leaf off the vine and saw that, dependent upon the angle of light and the position of the leaf, I could see the most incredible texture and color through the leaf." Excited by this discovery, Griffith spent the next couple of days experimenting with how to capture it all onto film. That was four years ago. He has now perfected the technique of both photographing the foliage and getting them to his studio and on film before they wilt or turn brown, quite a feat as many of these fresh and delicate leaves were collected and transported personally by Griffith from hundreds of miles away. A hyper-macroscopic analysis of the color transformations characteristic of tree foliage in the Northeastern United States autumn, Fall features vivid and brilliant images of nature's gifts, which we often take for granted. Fantastically backlit, glowing colors are transmitted through the leaves, illustrating structural and textural elements of nature never before captured on film. For this former student of research biology, the project transported Griffith back to his early days of plant biochemistry, but this time as an artist, not a scientist. "When you look at a tree that is turning, it appears to have an overall uniformity of color," Griffith observes. "But it is only when you literally get into the tree and get personal with the individual components of that breathtaking color, that you see the truly astounding variety of that color transformation. For me, leaves are like snowflakes; no two are ever the same." Exhibition at The powerHouse Gallery, 68 Charlton Street, New York, October 21-November 20, 2004.

Customer Rating:
Review Summary: A wonderful gift ...
Review: A wonderful view for those interested in nature, microphotography, photography in general, color, and/or design. Unusual and LOVELY.

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Review Summary: Zanoncello Stefano (Verona, ITALIA)
Review: Of all the books i have about fall and the changing colour process in leaves this is definitely the best one. Nothing rapresents Fall like the variety of trees you find in the forests of North Eastern U.S. A well deserved tribute to the most common (but most fascinating too) product of nature: leaves indeed.

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Customer Rating:
Review Summary: Contextually befitting Beauty of the Season
Review: This marvelous book displays crisp, colorful, full-page photos of some of falls best colors seen through its best medium, leaves. The specific leaves chosen are vivid and they seem almost pressed in the book rather than photographed. I'd recommend this book to ANYONE interested in macrophotography or fall in general.

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Customer Rating:
Review Summary: My favorite season and a beautiful capturing of color
Review: Christopher has made my favorite time of the year come alive with all the color of fall. Deep browns, orange, red, greens and the actual feeling of the season come through in this collection of spectacular photographs.

He has used some very interesting techniques to create images and colors that at the same time capture and enhance nature's beauty.

This is a unique and truly wonderful coffee table book that inspires and amazes with the feelings and spirit of the peaceful and mysterious passing of summer into fall. Well done!

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