Hawaii's Best Beaches (Paperback)
Review: GREAT REFERENCE BOOK! A++,
I used this book extensively, as I was shooting
the best beaches we could find for our DVD "Hawaiian
Dreams" here on Amazon. It saved us a lot of
time with great descriptions and informative facts.
I highly recommend it, and if you want to actually
see, hear and feel what these beaches look like,
check out our DVD as well as this book.
Review: Hawaii's best beaches is very informative.
I've read John Clark's other books, and this one
tops them all. It combines the information from
all of Hawaii's best beaches in a creative and informative
way. I am new to the Hawaii islands, so I also enjoy
reading part of the history of the beaches as well
as the meaning of the Hawaiian beach names. This
book is also complete with beautiful color photos.
I would recommend this book to anyone visiting Hawaii.
Beaches are Hawaii's greatest asset.
Beaches (Hardcover)
Book Description
The authors of The Beach: The History of Paradise
on Earth, the best-selling history of everyone's
favorite place, are back with a breathtaking visual
companion. From moody, craggy coastlines to serene
swathes of turquoise water and white sand, Beaches
is an astounding photographic survey of the ineffable
allure of paradise on earth. This spectacular collection
of images from renowned photographers, including
Robert Misrach, Joel Meyerowitz, and Art Wolff,
stirs the spirit, capturing the mutable beauty of
sand, sea, and sky. Throughout, concise and poetic
pieces of historic and scientific lore unveil little-known
facts and curiosities. With an astonishing range
of vision, Beaches evokes the idiosyncratic beauty
of the world's most stunning coastlines.
About the Author
Gideon Bosker and Lena Lencek have collaborated
on a number of books, including The Beach and Making
Waves. Lenek is a professor of Russian and the humanities
at Reed College, and Bosker, a physician, is an
assistant clinical professor of medicine at Yale
University School of Medicine. They live in Portland,
Oregon.
Gorgeous Pictorial for Beach Lovers
This book is filled with stunningly beautiful photos
from beaches all over the world. The brief text
is also interesting, but the images will make you
crack this open when you want to remember the magic
that happens when the ocean meets the land. I don't
know exactly what is different here but the photos
look especially vibrant and kind of jumped out at
me.
From Antartica, to Cape Cod, to Tahiti, Indonesia
and Newport Beach to name a few you'll see all the
different elements of beaches around the globe.
I can't imagine why anyone wouldn't love having
this book around. This would also make a great gift.
I used to live in Capitola
on the sand and looking through this reminded me
of all the reason I love the beach. It's obvious
that the authors must have the same passion. Also
the book cover and pages are high quality and physically
look and feel great
Review:
My Favorite Beaches Book - Inspirational !
I am a beach lover, and as the DVD producer / cameraman
of the "Waves: Virtual Vacations" Series
here on Amazon.com, this book has been an inspiration
to me. The spectacular shots of beaches from around
the world are truly extraordinary. Having shot myself
hundreds of the best beaches from California, Hawaii,
Florida, the Caribbean both with stills and for
the DVDs, I can easily say this book is top notch.
I highly recommend it. It sits proudly on my desk.
And for those who want to see and hear what some
of these beaches really feel like, bring this book
with you and check out our Waves DVDs here on Amazon.
Review:
Beautiful Book
This is a beautiful little book that would make
a great addition to any ocean lover's collection.
Review:
A Retreat in Itself
The is a stunning book. The photos come from diverse
parts of the globe and diverse coastal landscapes.
At first, I was skeptical of the small-ish size.
But the photos are very high quality and beautiful
to look at. Maybe someday I'll get around to looking
at the text?
Now and then, I pull the book off the shelf and
flip through the photos -- an instant retreat to
the shore. Great for anyone who loves the sea but
can't be there very often.
Review:
BEACHES - A POEM
BEACHES -- the book [revised] When my eyes grow
too dim to read, this book will be at hand to refresh
my spirit, eyes, and memories.
Reminders of the beaches I have seen, and many not-seen
scenes. I see familiar translucent jewel green waves
and turquoise bays, ice blue coves in Oregon, huge
translucent waves curving to meet the sea, another
deep blue wave with incredible froth, like crystals
suspended high above its majestic curve -- golden
grassy sea shores, blazing sunsets -- also purple
sunsets, one at Brighton pier, and other channel
scenes -- rocky Brittany shores and White Dover
cliffs, and curves and caves and coruscated sands.
There is a tide pool like a giant blue eye with
sun-bronzed eyelids -- white iceberg-rocks floating
in a mirror-sea -- one real iceberg, a huge dollop
of meringue reflected in a heliotrope bay --
An endless treasure.
Review:
Beyond the Most Beautiful Beach Scenes You've Seen
Review Summary: Take the most talented photographers
in the world. Review thousands of their best color
beach photographs. Select a few dozen. Fill in with
intriguing, inspirational essays about the origin,
geology, physics, terms, and biology of beaches
plus describe great beach activities like surfing.
The result is a stunning work that makes you wonder
how come you've never seen a beach scene as beautiful
as these. It's the most fun at the beach you can
have without going out into the sun!
Review: "The beach, after all, is among the
most challenging and rewarding of photographic subjects
. . . ." The shifts between land, water, and
sky are often subtle. The light has an enormous
influence on the colors and the mood of the scene.
Light changes swiftly. The activity of the waves
changes even faster. In many cases, a photograph
is capturing a unique and fleeting moment, almost
like a snowflake about to melt on your hand, that
could not otherwise be as fully appreciated. While
the editing could have selected scenes built around
the nostalgia of your own experiences at beaches,
the book instead takes you around the world and
to rare moments to see beaches as you will probably
never see them in a lifetime, even if you visited
these same sites. I was particularly impressed by
the scenes of waves (which must have been taken
from surf boards) and through rocks.
The editorial selection
criteria were intriguing: To show "how the
beach might see itself if it were to ponder its
own face without the intermediary of the human eye."
That concept would not have occurred to me, and
I am sure I will think about all scenes in nature
differently in the future as a result. I am sure
you will, too. Next, the editors looked for "the
most crystalline, intelligent, and evocative portrait
. . . ." They also wanted the book to show
a "shining range of visual sensiblities."
This sense is nicely captured by looking at scenes
from dawn to dusk, and from full sun to fog. Panoramas
alternate with tight shots of a single element.
The book is not limited to ocean beaches. Estuaries,
rivers and lakes are also pictured. When in doubt,
the book's editors seem to have selected the images
with the highest levels of unusual color, along
with stunning compositions from unusual angles.
My favorites in the book
are Art Brewer's Talava Arches on Niue Island in
the Cook Islands, A. Blake Gardner's shot of Padre
Island National Seashore in Texas, Michael Ventura's
image of Natural Arches in Bermuda, Craig Tuttle's
Tide Pool at Bandon State Park and his shot of Ecola
State Park both in Oregon, Ron Romanosky's beautiful
Newport Beach, California, Daryl Benson's Bay of
Fundy in Nova Scotia, Peter Lik's Australian shots
of Orpheus Island in Queensland and Twelve Apostles
in Victoria, and Joe Cornish's North Yorkshire Coast
in England.
After you have bathed
in the beauty of these rare natural wonders, I suggest
you think about other rare moments that you may
never experience. What are they? How can you seek
them out? Can others help you? One of the great
wonders of books, videos, and recordings is that
they can bring us into extended communion with sights,
sounds, and feelings that we have not directly experienced.
Let choosing rare, rewarding
moments be a guide to your fulfillment!