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Note: I received a digital review copy of this book from the publisher through NetGalley.
 
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fernandie | Hi ha 2 ressenyes més | Sep 15, 2022 |
the diversity and beauty to be found in a small plot on the prairies - it pays to take the time to observe and look closely
 
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PennyMck | Hi ha 2 ressenyes més | Dec 13, 2020 |
Hidden Prairie: Photographing Life in One Square Meter by Chris Helzer will please readers who enjoy looking at photographs while also learning about the process that went into the images. As an extra it is educational about the ecosystem of prairies.

Helzer is concerned about the gradual, and sometimes not so gradual, destruction of our prairies. This book serves as a way to help people understand just what is happening in those large open vistas as well as what is lost when they are destroyed. Yet he does not pound this point home constantly but primarily at the beginning and the end of the book. In between we watch and read about his experience monitoring the one square meter and all that happens there. It is both fascinating and beautiful to behold.

Helzer states explicitly in the beginning that he regrets not going out very much if at all for the first part of the year. He took as many pictures as he could that would highlight the life there and, as he again mentions in one of the essays, he had to balance keeping a couple of subjects (a tree frog and a mantis as I recall) within the square because he wanted to get them both. If you're interested in the cycle of life, generation and regeneration, that takes place in a small plot over the course of a year, this book will reward you many times over.

From information about various species of animals to the role every living creature, plant and animal, plays in the ecosystem, coupled with photography that will make you want to take up the hobby if you haven't already.

I highly recommend this book for both its photographs and Helzer's essays. It is not an oversize book but is more of a landscape than portrait format which lends itself to displaying the photographs very well. It would also look nice on a coffee or end table.

Reviewed from a copy made available by the publisher via NetGalley.
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pomo58 | Hi ha 2 ressenyes més | Jul 7, 2020 |

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Obres
4
Membres
27
Popularitat
#483,027
Valoració
½ 4.7
Ressenyes
3
ISBN
5
Llengües
1