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Luke Stephenson: An Incomplete Dictionary of Show Birds Paperback – Feb. 28 2014

by Michael Smith (Foreword), Luke Stephenson (Photographer)
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"It all started very innocently I suppose, but then it gradually turned into an obsession ...." The first inkling of this obsession came when British photographer Luke Stephenson (born 1983) met an artist who photographed pigeons--side on, against a blank background. Impressed by the simplicity of these images, Stephenson began to photograph birds. His first subjects belonged to the treasurer of the UK Budgie Society, who deemed his portraits "crap" because he had omitted the legs and tails. He subsequently developed an eye for the nuances of bird photography, and, making a specialty of photographing show birds of all kinds, developed the body of work gathered in this volume. While Stephenson's photographs depict these birds with apparent neutrality (against a variety of colored backgrounds), Michael Smith observes in his foreword to this volume that "they live in an overlap between the natural and manmade worlds, and say as much about the culture that created them as they do about nature."
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  1. Print length
    80 pages
  2. Language
    English
  3. Publisher
    Stephenson Press | YES Editions
  4. Publication date
    Feb. 28 2014
  5. Dimensions
    15.24 x 1.27 x 22.86 cm
  6. ISBN-10
    0957434103
  7. ISBN-13
    978-0957434103
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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Stephenson Press | YES Editions (Feb. 28 2014)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 80 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0957434103
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0957434103
  • Item weight ‏ : ‎ 295 g
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 15.24 x 1.27 x 22.86 cm
  • Customer Reviews:
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S. Dean
5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant photo book!
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 8, 2019
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Fantastic photo book. Well thought out, well described. Very enjoyable.
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cecediane06
3.0 out of 5 stars Avis partagé
Reviewed in France on January 17, 2016
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Les photos sont superbes toutefois je reste assez déçue par la qualité papier de livre et surtout de la dimension qui est petite. Du coup n'utilisera les photos en décoration.
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Roberto T.
5.0 out of 5 stars Libro stupendo
Reviewed in Italy on June 18, 2014
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Libro stupendo sebbene abbia un po' poche pagine.
Consegna rapida e precisa costo proporzionato utente rapido ed affidabile
consigliato a chiunque
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