Product Description

Africa is a source of amazing bio-diversity and home to some of the planet's most spectacular landscapes. The sights of this awe-inspiring continent are captured with consummate skill and sensitivity by master lensman Michael Poliza. With extensive experience photographing the animals and terrain of Africa, Poliza's viewpoint is shaped by his concern for the fragile eco-systems he chronicles. These images embody the soul of Africa's flora and fauna with a true artist's eye for color and composition. This book will be enjoyed for years to come. Poliza started as a child actor on German TV, then founded several highly successful IT ventures in the US and Germany. His "STARSHIP MILLENNIUM VOYAGE," around the world on a 75 ft expedition yacht, was avidly followed by millions via internet. Poliza now focuses mainly on filming and photography, including work for the Discovery Channel. He spends a great deal of time based in Cape Town, and is a pioneer in the use of digital photography for coffee table books.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #697763 in Books
• Published on: 2006-10-31
• Original language: Italian, French, German, English, Spanish
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 408 pages

Review
A massive, majestic book, it features 180 startlingly vivid animal portraits and expansive vistas from across Southern Africa. Visually stunning. -- The New York Times Book Review / Holiday Books Issue, December 3, 2006

Extraordinary photography! -- Nature's Best Photography Magazine, Summer 2006

Poliza's portrait of the African wilderness is full of magnificent, brilliantly observed vignettes, captured with the timing of a master. -- Travel Africa, Summer 2006

So beautiful! I was amazed at the colors and the size of this book. The pictures are so beautiful. -- Good Morning America, ABC-TV, December 21, 2006

About the Author
Michael Poliza started as a child actor on German TV, then founded several highly successful IT ventures in the US and Germany. His "STARSHIP MILLENNIUM VOYAGE," around the world on a 75 ft expedition yacht, was avidly followed by millions via Internet. Poliza now focuses mainly on filming and photography, including work for the Discovery Channel. He spends a great deal of time based in Cape Town, and is a pioneer in the use of digital photography for coffee table books.

Customer Reviews

Magnificent!!!!!!!!!!! 10 out of 10!!!
I am a collector of coffee table books, and I have many in my collection. I can say without a doubt that AFRICA by michael Poliza is the finest photography book that I have ever seen! In both presentation and content it is quite simply a magnificent book!! It is huge, 15 X 11.75 and 408 pages. There are 180 color photographs in it, all spread over 2 pages. The back of the book has small thumbnails describing each photo. Most of the photos were taken in Southern Africa, with the great majority being in Botswana. there are many close-up shots of animals, with a few landscape and aerial photographs included.

The photos by Mr. Poliza made me feel like I was actually in Africa, gazing into the eyes of a Lion, and that was a great feeling!!

This is a book that I will treasure owning and will take pride of place on my Coffee Table!!

Doug

Stunning
After a recent trip to Tanzania & Kenya, I wanted to find some way to keep the images of the animal life I saw in those places fresh in my mind's eye. Michael Poliza's photography captures the colorful, raw elegance that is Africa in purest form. This large book is for anyone of any age who appreciates beautiful photography, and also for animal lovers everywhere who want to witness up-close the delicate balance of animal life at it's most majestic. A stunning addition to any collection.

Wow!
I'm not really a lover of wildlife photography, but this incredible book impressed me because it is so very much more than that. It is a celebration of the beauty of African scenery; it provides intimate encounters with African fauna and flora; and it simply carries the reader away on a dream journey into wilderness spaces.

If ever a book, through sheer imagery, summarised why it is so important that we conserve wilderness, this is it. An inspiration.