My first introduction to wildlife cinematography was of course through the National Geographic documentaries. Remember the time, when the only violence that we could watch were from these documentaries. Animals locking horns for the ultimate battle, survival of the fittest. It was a treat to watch these documentaries, each well researched, superbly shot and phenomenally presented. Each documentary was a work of passion and hard work, which lead to masterpieces.
What fascinates me is the assurity of quality and class associated with the name National Geographic. TASCHEN and National Geographic gather the National Geographic magazine’s best infographics of the past 128 years. Through seven sections—History, The Planet, Being Human, Animal World, World of Plants, Science & Technology, and Space—we encounter the rise and fall of the Roman Empire, the mysterious origins of the Easter Island statues, Cleopatra’s Alexandria, and the anatomy behind a cheetah’s extraordinary speed. We discover how our genetic patterns have been pieced together over the years and how birds make music; we get to grips with global warming and explore our ever-expanding study of an ever-expanding universe.
With an essay by Nigel Holmes, charting the evolution of National Geographic over the decades and its pioneering use of graphics, as well as five fold-outs mimicking original pull-outs or inserts in the magazine, the book stands as a defining record of one of the world’s best-known publications as well as a beautifully presented repository of accessible discovery and learning.
History is right there in your hands with this infographics book. Documentation of wild, when digital media had not taken over our lives sounds like a whole bunch of never seen before images,
Get the copy here and find out why are we excited, and you should be too, about National Geographic Infographics.
I am off to order this book and flaunt it to my peers. #ReadingGoals :)