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Frans Lanting: Jungles (Jumbo)
by Frans Lanting

Frans Lanting: Jungles (Jumbo)
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Author: Frans Lanting
Editor: Christine Eckstrom
Edition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2000-10-28
ISBN: 3570192679
Number of pages: 260
Publisher: Taschen

Book Reviews of Frans Lanting: Jungles (Jumbo)

Book Review: A Model of its Kind
Summary: 5 Stars

This is yet another stunning book from Benedikt Taschen, the German publisher who's given us so much great stuff over the past several years.

To my mind this book, Jungles, is a model of what a good picture book should be: Beautiful format and thoughtful design; concise, minimal text and wonderful editing and display of photos, including, at the back, minature versions of all the images with descriptions by the photographer. Lanting and Eckstrom are well served by a sympathetic designer and publisher; it's encouraging to see such hard-won work given the kind of vehicle it deserves.

As for the book and its subject, it's breathtaking in every respect. It's an adventure just turning the pages. The overall theme is green, with the fireworks being provided by the amazing birds, flowers, insects and reptiles that Lanting and Eckstrom have encountered in their arduous, rewarding travels.(The shot of a flock of macaws at a clay lick in Peru is just astonishing.)

Lanting's text is fascinating, and anyone who's been to the tropics will understand what he means when he says that eventually nature takes over everything, regardless of how careful you are.

All in all, this is an exemplary book. And, as with most Taschen efforts, the price is just right; you can find books at three times the price of this one that are ugly, glossy shells compared to Jungles.

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