Natural Reflections

Photographs by: Mike Grandmaison
Text by: Robert Peters
ISBN 9781771602549
Hardcover | Publication Date: May 14, 2018
Book Dimensions: 11 in x 10 in
240 Pages

About the Book

An inspiring and highly original book of photography takes the reader on an unforgettable walk through the vast and wide beauty of “Natural Canada”.

Natural Reflections captures natural beauty from the exceptional viewpoint and unique perspective of Mike Grandmaison’s lens. A singular gallery of images is curated, amplified and informed by the observations of Robert L. Peters.

Filled with insightful musings, truisms and parallel quotations from some of the world’s greatest thinkers, this book is bound to inspire and truly engage both halves of the brain. Divided into five contemplative chapters – On Inspiration, On Seeing, On Intimacy, On Order, On Change – this lavishly produced volume comprises a rich and seamless interweaving of image and word.

This is a book not to be missed by anyone interested in the natural world (and its preservation), the art of outdoor photography, the creative process or this vast land called Canada.

The photographer and author, long-time friends and avid nature-lovers, share the humble view that, like a Mother, the Earth both bore us and sustains us, asking little in return but love and respect. This book is their reciprocal tribute and holistic offering.

About the Author(s)

Mike Grandmaison is widely recognized as one of Canada’s finest nature photographers. His award-winning images have been featured in some of the world’s finest publications as well as in a wide array of books, calendars and postage stamps. Mike is the author of 15 books of photography. He has taught photography for various organizations throughout the country, and his fine-art prints are represented though The Canadian Gallery. Mike lives in Winnipeg, Manitoba.

Robert L. Peters is a renowned graphic designer, a former president of Icograda/ico-D (the International Council of Design), a foreign feature correspondent for Communication Arts magazine, author of the book Worldwide Identity, recipient of the Koopman Distinguished Chair in the Visual Arts from the Hartford School of Art, a designer in residence in the Visual Communication Design department at Monash University, Melbourne; and a Fellow of the Society of Graphic Designers of Canada. For the past 35 years he has lived in a low-energy passive-solar house that he designed and built on a woodland acreage in eastern Manitoba.

Reviews

“It will look dazzling on any photographers’ coffee table.”
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