By Andrew Zuckerman
Bird
Chronicle Books, $60, out in OctoberFeathery portraits on white backgrounds look three-dimensional, like museum exhibits or taxidermy. Disturbing and thrilling.
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By Larry Towell
Towell juxtaposes work from war zones with shots of his family and farm. A portrait of rural innocence made possible by Daddy’s derring-do.
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Edmaier, a German geologist, spent a decade taking aerial shots of live volcanoes. Result: geologic pyrotechnics in matte finish.
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By David Malin
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