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Creature | 
| Creator: Andrew Zuckerman
Publisher: Chronicle Books
Category: Book
List Price: $60.00
Buy New: $36.00
You Save: $24.00 (40%)
Rating:  22 reviews
Sales Rank: 11732
Media: Hardcover
Pages: 300
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 6
Dimensions (in): 12.3 x 12.3 x 1.3
ISBN: 0811861538
Dewey Decimal Number: 779.32092
EAN: 9780811861533
ASIN: 0811861538
Publication Date: November 1, 2007
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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| Editorial Reviews:
Amazon.com Review
Amazon Best of the Month, December 2007: December seems to be the classic month to celebrate the coffee-table book--those oversized tomes that sit out on display, easily enticing anyone within arm's reach to flip through the pages. One of my favorites of the season--and one you'll want to keep out all year long--is Andrew Zuckerman's Creature, a photographic safari of astounding studio shots of an ark's worth of animals, ready for their close-ups against a stark white backdrop. Mesmerizing, inspiring, and ultimately very, very cool. Badgers, fruit bats, and bald eagles never looked so good. --Brad Thomas Parsons
Product Description
Photographer Andrew Zuckerman's strikingly detailed images of animals from around the world are as delightful as they are inspiring. This collection of astonishing studio portraits of 175 wild creatures from baby leopards to parrots, bears, mandrills, and many more are stunningly foregrounded against white backgrounds, depicting their subjects with rare sensitivity, insight, humor, and wonder. Zuckerman also an up-and-coming filmmaker, whose first short film, High Falls, premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in 2007 has created a volume perfect for animal lovers, photography fans, and anyone fascinated by the world around us. Creature is a beautiful and thought-provoking look at the fragile wonders of the natural world.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 17 more reviews...
 Nice album September 27, 2008
Einat Levy
I bought this book as a gift for my husband - it is really beautiful and we both enjoyed it!
 A daring design by a phenomenal artist August 22, 2008
A. Dayley
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
It is obvious by looking at the other reviews that the controversy over this book's layout is frustratingly bifurcated for the undecided buyer. The book has a delightfully bold layout and my review is as follows; the white backgrounds create a uniformity that stabilizes the book page to page. Additionally, the white aids the effort to capture the intrinsic 'creature' within each animal. Unless there can be an appreciation and an understanding for the blankness within this book, its purchase will sadly be seen as a waste. It is comforting to know that, regardless of harsh critics and naive readers, the book was driven solely by simple design. In our capitalistic economy today, it is difficult to create a sound book without trying to appeal to public tastes, but Andrew Zuckerman succeeded with Creature.
A great gift August 1, 2008
Molitva
The photos in this book are amazing. They are very detailed and clean, accompanied by the white background every animal comes alive. The back of the book helps you identify what each creature is. There is a massive amount of 'blank' space in the book, which some reviewers dislike. It is intimidating at first, but really draws your attention to the animal. My only dislike about this book is how bulky it is. For such sleek photos, the book is extremely thick, large, and heavy (though this does mean the photos are of decent size). I hope you have a big coffee table.
amazing August 1, 2008
Tobie L. Szelagowski (New Britain, PA USA)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Andrew Zuckerman's photography is amazing and awe inspiring. Looking at his images becomes a meditation.
Creature June 2, 2008
Jay M. Osborne (West Linn, Oregon)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
The book was created to show the elegancy and wonder of the animals in our world. The pictures are clear and very close up to capture the beaty of the animal. The creator of this pictorial has done an excellent job. I am very pleased with the book.
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