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Ice: 1986-2007

Ice: 1986-2007( )
Photographer: Davis, Lynn
Foreword by: Smith, Patti
ISBN:978-1-59591-090-5
Publication Date:Dec 2015
Publisher:Melcher Media
Book Format:Hardback
List Price:USD $50.00
Book Description:

Ice features fifty-eight of Lynn Davis's stunning images of the Jakobshavn Glacier facing Disko Bay in Greenland, which she captured over a twenty-year period beginning in 1986. Whether they take the shape of spires, arches, or cliffs, each formation captures what Davis refers to as the "changing alchemy of ice and water that created such monolithic forms." Over time, the glacier has retreated, and so too have the icebergs, reminding us that nature as we have know it and taken for...
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Book Details
Pages:136
Detailed Subjects: Science / Earth Sciences / General
Photography / General
Art / European
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):12 x 14.31 x 0.75 Inches
Book Weight:3.806 Pounds
Author Biography
(Photographer)
Patti Smith was born in Chicago, Illinois on December 30, 1946. She is a singer-songwriter, writer and visual artist. She gained recognition in the 1970s for her revolutionary mergence of poetry and rock. Her album Horses has been hailed as one of the top 100 albums of all time. She has recorded twelve albums. In 2007, she was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

She has written several books including Witt, Babel, Woolgathering, The Coral Sea, Auguries of Innocence, M Train, and Just Kids, which won the Nonfiction category of the National Book Award in 2010.

Her drawings, photographs, and installations have been shown at numerous venues including the Andy Warhol Museum and the Fondation Cartier Pour l'Art Contemporain in Paris. In 2005, she was awarded the title of Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres by the French Ministry of Culture, which is the highest honor awarded to an artist by the French Republic.

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