Product Description

Children everywhere will adore this photographic collection of horses in wildly varying poses by the world-renowned Yann Arthus-Bertrand. In a series of dramatically lit and beautifully composed photographs, horses and their owners appear together, in studios or in the open air against plain backdrops, in some of the most stunning and far-flung parts of the world. Noted childrenâs author Christophe Donnerâs engaging stories complement the photographs.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #77493 in Books
• Published on: 2006-06-11
• Original language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• 64 pages

The Sunday Express
'You don't need to be a horse lover to be enthralled by this sumptuous photographic book... beautiful'

About the Author
Yann Arthus-Bertrand is internationally renowned for his hugely successful Earth from the Air project. Thames & Hudson have published many of his books, including The Earth from the Air, The Earth from the Air for Children, Greece from the Air and Turkey from the Air.

Customer Reviews

Breathtaking
'Horses' is one of those books that moves you when you read and look at the pictures. The majesty of the horse has been perfectly captured, so that power is laced with grace and courage with kindness. All these feelings can be drawn from these superb photographs. Whether you love horses like I do, or are simply into photography, this is a must have masterpiece.

wonderful
A must have. A wonderfull book for horse lovers that want to eye rest at home when by any reason you cant go out to ride, or for someone who loves animals and photography. An artistic approach to a worldwide view on horse breeds and ways of living.

Lovely hardback that could make a horse-fan out of someone
I bought this book as artist reference material after browsing it in a local bookshop. The size and page count do not disappoint, neither do the lovely photographs. Although I am not personally much of a horse-lover, this book conveys the speed, agility and sheer power of the different breeds very effectively. The photos of the horses with their owners, along with the readily-understandable text, gives me a sense of the place these animals play in the various societies they come from. The only reason I do not quite give this book all five stars is that all the photos are very much staged, and while this allows for excellent attention to control of the photographic conditions, there are no photos here of horses running around "in the wild". Having sid that, there are ample shots of action such as running or jumping, taken with a very fast shutter speed to allow depiction of the musclature during fast movement.