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 A Fine Art Book |
Richard Bickel's insightful photographs show us the Florida no one knows. Through haunting visual poetry, we are given rare entry into the lustrous world of Apalachicola Bay and its people - and a Florida that is vanishing. The mysterious water and its "water men and women" -- fishers and shrimpers, oyster shuckers and boat builders, and marvelous shore-side eccentrics -- all shimmer and sing to us through images that Bickel composed over eight years. Using his skills as an international photojournalist and his intense affection for Old Florida, he forges a new, almost mythical style of landscape imagery. Bickel's bay seduces us with super-rich scenes of the enigmatic Florida native, his loyalty to family and the land, his jubilance at a watery horizon, and fear at the sight of yet one more beach condo. And above all, his despair that he may one day lose this last great Bay. Bickel's images of man at play and work on Apalachicola Bay beautifully illustrate the deep and lasting role our waterways have played in the development of the human spirit. |
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Exquisitely printed on Japanese paper, of large format and hard bound, The Last Great Bay is both a fine-art book and a revealing journey through one of America's last great places. Includes artist's signature. The Watertown Press, 168 pages. $39.95 plus $5.50 shipping and insurance. |
Now -- Limited Supply of This Out-of Print Classic |