Description - Visions of Wildness by Peter Slater
p>span>Peter Slater needs no introduction to Australian natural history enthusiasts. He has been publishing booksnbsp;celebrating the country's wildlife for many decades, not least the renowned Slater Field Guide tonbsp;Australian Birds. For Visions of Wildness Peter has again teamed up with Sally Elmer to produce anbsp;remarkable collection of photographs and artworks covering all aspects of Australian nature, from birds,nbsp;mammals and reptiles to minibeasts, plants and fungi. And not forgetting the amazing landscapes!/span>br />span>Although today it is difficult to find any true 'wilderness' which has not been affected by the activities ofnbsp;humans, the authors show that there is much in the Australian natural world that remains uninfluencednbsp;and there are myriads of living things that remain 'wild'. They live their lives with no regard for us,nbsp;behaving naturally, even in environments we have despoiled. The authors have spent their lives observing, photographing and painting some of them, in the bush, in deserts and at home (which some wildnbsp;creatures regard as a convenient cave!)./span>br />span>The resulting book is a collection of beautiful images depicting species and behaviours which are rarelynbsp;seen by humans - a distillation of pictures taken from the authors' own collections which have been builtnbsp;up over many decades. In short this book is an essential addition to the library of any Australian wildlifenbsp;enthusiast./span>/p>
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