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A Wild Life
A Visual Biography of Photographer Michael Nichols
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Ideal for readers passionate about wildlife conservation, photography enthusiasts, and those interested in compelling adventure stories within the natural world.
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A Wild Life is Michael "Nick" Nichols's story, told with passion and insight by author and photo-editor Melissa Harris. Nichols' story combines a life of adventure, with a conviction about how we can redeem the human race by protecting our wildlife.
The book's two central characters are the photographer—who journeys from the American South, via the photographers' co-operative Magnum, to becoming lead wildlife photographer of National Geographic magazine—and the author, who travels with the photographer on assignment in Africa, to gain intimate and deep insight into her subject.
Harris's story also draws on meetings with some of the world's leading eco-scientists, including legendary primatologist, Jane Goodall.
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Acclaimed conservationist George B. Schaller praises the book for its powerful and eloquent portrayal of iconic wildlife and the pressing conservation challenges they face, such as mountain gorilla survival amid civil war, elephant poaching for ivory, and the ethics surrounding trophy hunting. Robert Farris Thompson highlights the book's exceptional photography paired with brilliantly explained narratives, capturing the essence of wildlife in vivid detail.
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ISBN: 9781597112512
Publisher: Aperture
Format: Hardback
Date Published: 06 June 2017
Country: United States
Imprint: Aperture
Illustration: Illustrated in colour and black and white throughout
Audience: General / adult
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Width: 189.0mm
Height: 254.0mm
Weight: 1340g
Pages: 384
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About the Author
Melissa Harris is editor-at-large of Aperture Foundation, where she has worked for more than twenty-five years, including as editor-in-chief of award-winning Aperture magazine from 2002 to 2012. Harris has also edited more than forty books for Aperture. As a curator, Harris has organized photography exhibitions for venues worldwide, including the Philadelphia Museum of Art; the Lumiere Brothers Center for Photography, Moscow; the Triennale di Milano; the Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice; and Visa pour l’Image, Perpignan. Harris teaches at New York University in the Tisch Photography and Imaging department, and occasionally at Yale University. She served on New York City’s Community Board 5 for several years, and is a trustee of the John Cage Trust. Michael “Nick” Nichols is an award-winning photographer whose work has taken him to the most remote corners of the world. He became a staff photographer for National Geographic magazine in 1996 and was named editor-at-large for photography in January 2008. From 1982 to 1995 he was a member of Magnum Photos. His previous books with Aperture are Gorilla (1989), with an essay by George Schaller; Brutal Kinship (2005), with an essay by Jane Goodall; and Earth to Sky: Among Africa’s Elephants, A Species in Crisis (2013).
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