Splash

Hardback

Main Details

Title Splash
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Bob Tabor
Physical Properties
Format:Hardback
Pages:128
Dimensions(mm): Height 237,Width 300
Category/GenreAnimals and nature in art (still life, landscapes and seascapes, etc)
Individual photographers
ISBN/Barcode 9781851499229
ClassificationsDewey:779.37
Audience
General
Illustrations 108 Illustrations, black and white; 25 Illustrations, color

Publishing Details

Publisher ACC Art Books
Imprint ACC Art Books
Publication Date 18 March 2019
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

This collection of nature photography has a poetic purpose in mind. These images convey the sea's raw power, its constructive and destructive force. Each picture is reflected back on itself, flipped or curved, the waves like works of sculpture that extend into infinity. Tabor's ingenious method captures the spirit of the wave by breaking it into its physical elements. He crops the most energetic section of the surf and, by eliminating the horizon line, deprives the picture of any sense of scale. He heightens chromatic contrasts until these waves dominate the image - there is only the fluid burst of spray and the flash of reflected light off the water. The results are undeniable: dynamic three-dimensional explosions seem to surge off the page, and it is hard to believe these waves aren't moving. Splash will bring the ocean to you. AUTHOR: Bob Tabor is known for his equine portraits as well as his seascapes, having previously produced the anthologies Horse Whisperings, Horse Human: An Emotional Bond and Polo: Equine Warriors. His Dreamscapes book presents a calmer sea to that in Splash, meditative and thought-provoking. SELLING POINTS: . The ocean as you've never seen it before, caught by the camera of renowned seascape photographer Robert Tabor . Stunning photographs that are stylised to intensify the power of the waves . The perfect gift for anyone who loves the sea 10 colour, 54 b/w images

Author Biography

Bob Tabor is known for his equine portraits as well as his seascapes, having previously produced the anthologies Horse Whisperings, Horse Human: An Emotional Bond and Polo: Equine Warriors. His Dreamscapes book presents a calmer sea to that in Splash, meditative and thought-provoking.

Reviews

In "Splash," it's the curl or explosive landing of a big wave, a dynamic immediacy, a "graphic simplicity," which will give "new meaning" to what otherwise might be just a familiar nature image...especially the tendrils of white foam that shoot out and cascade like a Jackson Pollock spasm across the page.--Joan Baum "The Independent "