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    National Geographic Simply Beautiful Photographs
    National Geographic Simply Beautiful Photographs
    National Geographic Simply Beautiful Photographs
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    National Geographic Simply Beautiful Photographs

    By Annie Griffiths

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    National Geographic Simply Beautiful Photographs takes readers on a spectacular visual journey through some of the most stunning photographs to be found in National Geographic's famed Image Collection. Award-winning photographer Annie Griffiths culled the images to reflect the many variations on the universal theme of beauty. Chapters are organized around the aesthetic concepts that create beauty in a photograph: Light, Composition, Moment (Gesture and Emotion), Motion, Palette, and Wonder.

    Beyond the introduction and brief essays about each featured concept, the text is light. The photographs speak for themselves, enhanced by lyrical quotes from scholars and poets. In the chapter on Light, for example, we read these words of whimsical wisdom from songwriter Leonard Cohen: "Ring the bells that still can ring. Forget your perfect offering. There is a crack in everything. That's how the lights get in." And then the images flow, of light entering scenes via windows, clouds, and spotlights, from above, alongside, and behind, casting radiance upon young ballerinas and weathered men, into groves of autumn trees and island-dotted seas, revealing everything it touches to be beautiful beyond expectation.

    When she created National Geographic Simply Beautiful Photographs, Annie Griffiths set two goals: to maximize visual delight, and to create a book unique in the world of publishing--one in which many of the photographs could be purchased as prints. She has succeeded on both counts. Many of these stunning images are available for order, and there can be no doubt as to the visual delight. You must open this book for yourself, and take in its radiant beauty.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherNational Geographic
    Release dateNov 5, 2014
    ISBN9781426215780
    National Geographic Simply Beautiful Photographs
    Author

    Annie Griffiths

    Leah Bendavid-Val , Director of Photography Publishing for National Geographic Books, is the author of Propaganda & Dreams; Changing Reality; National Geographic: The Photographs; Stories on Paper & Glass, and most recently Song Without Words: The Photographs and Diaries of Countess Sophia Tolstoy. She has curated photography exhibitions for museums worldwide.

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      National Geographic Simply Beautiful Photographs - Annie Griffiths

      JAMES L. STANFIELD

      Paris, France

      A young Parisian is backlit by the Louvre

      Simply Beautiful Photographs

      Annie Griffiths

      PUBLISHED BY THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY

      John M. Fahey, Jr., President and Chief Executive Officer

      Gilbert M. Grosvenor, Chairman of the Board

      Tim T. Kelly, President, Global Media Group

      John Q. Griffin, Executive Vice President; President, Publishing

      Nina D. Hoffman, Executive Vice President; President, Book Publishing Group

      PREPARED BY THE BOOK DIVISION

      Barbara Brownell Grogan, Vice President and Editor in Chief

      Marianne R. Koszorus, Director of Design

      Carl Mehler, Director of Maps

      R. Gary Colbert, Production Director

      Jennifer A. Thornton, Managing Editor

      STAFF FOR THIS BOOK

      Meredith C. Wilcox, Project Manager

      Annie Griffiths, Illustrations Editor

      Tiffin Thompson, Picture Legends Writer

      Mike Horenstein, Production Project Manager

      Rob Waymouth, Illustrations Specialist

      Al Morrow, Design Assistant

      MANUFACTURING AND QUALITY MANAGEMENT

      Christopher A. Liedel, Chief Financial Officer

      Phillip L. Schlosser, Vice President

      Chris Brown, Technical Director

      Nicole Elliott, Manager

      Rachel Faulise, Manager

      The National Geographic Society is one of the world’s largest nonprofit scientific and educational organizations. Founded in 1888 to increase and diffuse geographic knowledge, the Society works to inspire people to care about the planet. It reaches more than 325 million people worldwide each month through its official journal, National Geographic, and other magazines; National Geographic Channel; television documentaries; music; radio; films; books; DVDs; maps; exhibitions; school publishing programs; interactive media; and merchandise. National Geographic has funded more than 9,000 scientific research, conservation and exploration projects and supports an education program combating geographic illiteracy. For more information, visit nationalgeographic.com.

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      ISBN: 978-1-4262-0645-0

      eBook ISBN: 978-1-4262-0849-2

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      v3.1

      SAM ABELL

      Kelly’s Ford, Virginia

      Spring blooms in the Virginia hills

      ABIGAIL EDEN SHAFFER

      A gull takes flight

      JODI COBB

      Florence, Italy

      A woman in a café reads a cleverly designed greeting card

      Contents

      Cover

      Title Page

      Copyright

      Foreword

      Introduction

      Light

      Composition

      Moment

      Time

      Palette

      Wonder

      Acknowledgments

      Index of Photographers

      BEVERLY JOUBERT

      Savuti, Botswana

      Two lionesses rest in the afternoon sunlight

      FLIP NICKLIN

      Hawaii

      A researcher films a yearling humpback whale and its mother

      MARTIN KERS

      Netherlands

      Yellow flowers cover a tree-lined road

      JAMES P. BLAIR

      Toledo, Spain

      Tourists admire the Moorish architecture of the Church of Santa Maria La Blanca

      Foreword

      by Maura Mulvihill

      Although the editorial process for this book, Simply Beautiful Photographs, was long, and in the end, members of the team did not agree on all the images—or even, in some cases, on the very definition of beauty—the structure for the book provided us with a framework for discussing our choices and viewpoints. We have our talented author, Annie Griffiths, to thank for this. Annie, a long-standing National Geographic photographer, decided that we would focus on the basic elements of a photograph and visually demonstrate how the creation of an exceptional image requires not only a compelling subject and the photographer’s personal vision but a successful execution of these elements. Each chapter focuses on a critical aspect or element of an image: light, composition, moment, time, palette, and wonder. Capturing light, composition, and the right moment are common photographic themes. In her manuscript, Annie brought us around to the idea that time exposure, palette (colors muted or vibrant, or monotone or discordant), and wonder are elements that can push a photograph to the next level. Of course,

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