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Summary: Beautiful and Compelling!!
Review: Richard Marin has captured, in a most compelling fashion, extraordinary images of strange relics from this incredible war. I was lucky enough to get a copy of the first edition of this book and it was sold out before I could buy others as gifts. As a photography book, it is great! Most images are infrared and render these abandoned instruments of war an other-worldly quality. The book also includes portraits of various people who fought in the war and who describe what happened at the various areas photographed. Each image is superb! As a history book, it is great! Each section of the book presents a short narrative about the geographical area photographed, why it was important to the various armed forces' strategy during the war, what ultimately happened in the area, and includes beautiful maps showing the reader exactly where the images were taken. But, forget the photography and the history, and the book remains an unbelievable accomplishment!!! Mr. Marin takes us to the other side of the world -- to places we have never been, and probably will never be. It is staggering to consider what Mr. Marin must have gone through to locate these sites, photograph them, find people who fought there, interview these people, and to tell a story about each. For those of us too young to have participated in the war, it provides us with a concrete visual record of the real relics from the war. Because of Mr. Marin's incredible photography, these still images have more impact that any hollywood reenactment of action and blood and guts. The instruments of war photographed here remain blemishes on the earth to this day! It is staggering. For people who participated in the war, I am sure this book has even greater impact. Buy this book -- and then buy another copy and spread the word!
Rating:
Summary: Beautiful and Compelling!!
Review: Richard Marin has captured, in a most compelling fashion, extraordinary images of strange relics from this incredible war. I was lucky enough to get a copy of the first edition of this book and it was sold out before I could buy others as gifts. As a photography book, it is great! Most images are infrared and render these abandoned instruments of war an other-worldly quality. The book also includes portraits of various people who fought in the war and who describe what happened at the various areas photographed. Each image is superb! As a history book, it is great! Each section of the book presents a short narrative about the geographical area photographed, why it was important to the various armed forces' strategy during the war, what ultimately happened in the area, and includes beautiful maps showing the reader exactly where the images were taken. But, forget the photography and the history, and the book remains an unbelievable accomplishment!!! Mr. Marin takes us to the other side of the world -- to places we have never been, and probably will never be. It is staggering to consider what Mr. Marin must have gone through to locate these sites, photograph them, find people who fought there, interview these people, and to tell a story about each. For those of us too young to have participated in the war, it provides us with a concrete visual record of the real relics from the war. Because of Mr. Marin's incredible photography, these still images have more impact that any hollywood reenactment of action and blood and guts. The instruments of war photographed here remain blemishes on the earth to this day! It is staggering. For people who participated in the war, I am sure this book has even greater impact. Buy this book -- and then buy another copy and spread the word!
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