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Rakiura
The wild landscapes of Stewart Island
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Stewart Island/Rakiura is one of our special places, an island that is increasingly cherished by New Zealanders, whose appreciation for its wild character has flourished in recent years. This has inspired the revising of Rakiura, the work of leading landscape photographer Rob Brown, which was first...
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This exquisite photographic book celebrates the wilderness of Stewart Island/Rakiura, the work of Rob Brown, one of New Zealand's leading landscape photographers and writers. With an extensive introduction and powerful images of sweeping landscapes, this book is a stunning memento for visitors and anyone interested in this cherished island.
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Description
Stewart Island/Rakiura is one of our special places, an island that is increasingly cherished by New Zealanders, whose appreciation for its wild character has flourished in recent years.
This has inspired the revising of Rakiura, the work of leading landscape photographer Rob Brown, which was first published in 2006. Critically acclaimed at the time, his original large-format photographs remain as powerful as ever, while more recent photographs have also been added.
These include images of the remote granite peaks around the southern harbour of Port Pegasus, the huge sweep of sand dunes behind Mason Bay out to the west, the cliffs and islands of the rugged coast, and interior vistas of the island's primeval podocarp and windswept manuka forest.
Rakiura also includes an updated, and newly illustrated introduction, which covers the natural and human history of the island, and the inspiring efforts to restore the island's wildlife.
This book is a stunning memento for visitors to Rakiura, but also for those who are simply comforted by the knowledge that such a place exists.
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781988550435
Publisher: Potton & Burton
Format: Hardback
Date Published: 07 November 2022
Country: New Zealand
Imprint: Potton & Burton
Edition: New edition
Illustration: colour photographs throughout
Contributors:
- Photographs by Rob Brown
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Width: 300.0mm
Height: 265.0mm
Weight: 250g
Pages: 132
About the Author
Rob Brown is one of New Zealand's leading landscape photographers and writers. His photography and writing has appeared in many publications, such as the Montana Award-winning 'Classic Tramping in New Zealand'(1999) co-authored with Shaun Barnett, and 'New Zealand: The Essential Landscape'2011). 'Shelter from the Storm: the story of New Zealand's Backcountry Huts' (2012) and 'A Bunk for the Night' (2016 & 2021). Rob lives with his family in Wanaka and is currently the operations manager for the Backcountry Trust.
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