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Nadav Kander: Yangtze, The Long River Hardcover – November 30, 2010
- Print length188 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherHatje Cantz
- Publication dateNovember 30, 2010
- Dimensions13.58 x 0.79 x 10.83 inches
- ISBN-103775726837
- ISBN-13978-3775726832
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Product details
- Publisher : Hatje Cantz; Bilingual edition (November 30, 2010)
- Language : English
- Hardcover : 188 pages
- ISBN-10 : 3775726837
- ISBN-13 : 978-3775726832
- Item Weight : 4.1 pounds
- Dimensions : 13.58 x 0.79 x 10.83 inches
- Best Sellers Rank: #6,210,912 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #3,013 in Landscape Photography
- #3,581 in Individual Photographer Monographs
- #17,315 in Travel Photography (Books)
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- Reviewed in the United States on May 1, 2011I ordered this book for a friend and just recently looked at it when I visited her. It is a book full of stunning photographs taken along the Yangtze River. As I looked at the book, I felt like I was getting a real sense of life and geography in this area of the world. The friend I bought it for also likes it very much.
- Reviewed in the United States on August 24, 2011I first became aware of this book when it was selected as one of the "Best Books of 2010" by Photo-eye magazine and I have to admit, it truly is a stunning book, both in regard to the quality of the images and the quality of the printing and design.
Kander is clearly a master photographer who somehow achieves a magical, painterly quality to his photographs (in fact, a friend of mine who saw one of the images at the Hong Kong art fair thought it WAS a painting). The work is exquisite and includes breathtaking remote landscapes, the most beautiful shots of a river dam that I've ever seen and also packed cityscapes that give a true sense of the crowded nature of the Chinese cities. Kander has the rare skill to photograph empty landscapes as well as landscapes that include people and make both equally powerful and evocative. While everything is so perfectly photographed, the overwhelming feeling is a sense of melancholy, loss and despair at the almost unbelievable rate of change this massive and ancient 5,000-year-old country is going through.
The images are all printed fullpage on the right pages of the book while the left pages are blank except for the caption. The cover is a beautiful, grey fabric with a "tipped in" print on it. It really is a very elegantly designed book, both in it's quality and simplicity.
Many photobooks of this nature have the feeling that any photographer who had been in the same location at the same moment could've captured the same images but this isn't one of those. Kander's images are unique, intelligent, timeless and both artfully and technically brilliant. Highly, highly recommended.
- Reviewed in the United States on August 13, 2014Make sure you do an image search before you buy the book. I relied on the reviews on Amazon. While the book quality is very good, the photos on the whole did little for me. Sure, some nice photos here and there, but not anywhere enough to support the hype over this book. Of course taste is always subjective, so you research it for yourself.
Top reviews from other countries
- Romain L.Reviewed in Germany on November 17, 2015
5.0 out of 5 stars Perfect
Very serious Seller
The book was in perfect condition and very well protected.
Sending was quick so.
Thanks a lot!
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Jean-GuyReviewed in France on November 28, 2011
5.0 out of 5 stars Un livre magnifique et d'une grande subtilité
Nadav Kander, son livre "Yangtze, the long river" est magnifique, son travail est d'une grande subtilité, ses photos sont un mélange de douceur et de détails & couleurs d'une grande présence, c'est reposant à regarder et on ne s'ennuie pas, en bref c'est grandiose !
- The SpyridonReviewed in the United Kingdom on February 25, 2011
5.0 out of 5 stars True Grit
Amazingly Kandar has managed to put together an achingly beautiful body of work of a terrifying and sad subject:
the demise of our environment.In this case China's environment.
Should be in any serious collectors body of contemporary(soon to be classic) landscapes.
I have seen the show that accompanies this work,and the repro quality of the book by Hatje Kantz is outstanding.
The work is certainly informed by Richard Misrach's work,but this does not detract from it's quality and scope in my opinion.
Head and shoulders above any previous Kandar book.
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Protais PierreReviewed in France on November 26, 2011
5.0 out of 5 stars grand maitre dela photo
Grand maitre de la photographie.Travail magnifique sur le fleuve Yangtse en Chine.La démesure du pays face à ces êtres ecrasés.
- CraybutReviewed in the United Kingdom on October 20, 2011
5.0 out of 5 stars Gorgeous
I saw an exhibition of some of Kander's work in London earlier this year and was blown away by it. It has the impact of some of those huge paintings of the Romantics. Kander's images are just so beautiful - and the book does a really good job of representing his work. It is a treasure, sold here at a great price, and delivered with the speed of light!