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Summary: Baraka: A Visual Journal
Review: A rather disappointing book with poor quality photos. If you like the movie stay away from this book!
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Summary: Baraka: A Visual Journal
Review: A rather disappointing book with poor quality photos. If you like the movie stay away from this book!
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Summary: Breathtaking!
Review: If you've seen the movie this book allows the same visuals without the VCR requirement. If you want a quick, breathtaking travel fix this is the one. A coffe table book for ALL travellers
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Summary: Baraka: A visual Journal is a visual FEAST!
Review: This beautifully produced volume is a MUST HAVE for any fan of the film BARAKA, serious photography monograph collector or travel buff. The imagery is as varied as life itself. From the unspeakable horror of raging oil fires in Kuwait during the final days of the Gulf War to the contemplative beauty of a lone Tibetan Monk deep in meditative prayer. We see the inquisitive gaze of a group of Kayapo children in the Amazon jungle and the cold stares of armed Cambodian soldiers guarding a munitions storage area. Mark Magidson, the film's Producer, has done a masterful job at capturing the beauty, power and mysteries of life, just as he and Director Ron Fricke did with the motion picture. Fricke firmly believes that nonverbal films like BARAKA must live up to the standard of great still photography which reveals the essence of a subject - not just the physical presence, but the inner workings as well. This volume is a great example of just that. The images in this book stand alone as a testament to the power of the still image and its ability to connect directly with the viewer. Baraka translates as a blessing, or as the breath or essence of life from which the evolutionary process unfolds. This process is so visible in the book--and the attention to detail is most impressive and appreciated. Two of the most striking images appear near the beginning and at the end of the volume. They are beautiful examples of night photography time exposures with glorious starfields and mysterious rock formations a glow, in Utah and Australia, respectively. They only begin to reveal the mystery and beauty of the seemingly unspoiled ancient Earth. Do yourself and your book collection a favor and purchase this one today! Then go out and see the movie again...in these troubled times it becomes a very uplifting, contemplative experience.
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Summary: Baraka: A visual Journal is a visual FEAST!
Review: This beautifully produced volume is a MUST HAVE for any fan of the film BARAKA, serious photography monograph collector or travel buff. The imagery is as varied as life itself. From the unspeakable horror of raging oil fires in Kuwait during the final days of the Gulf War to the contemplative beauty of a lone Tibetan Monk deep in meditative prayer. We see the inquisitive gaze of a group of Kayapo children in the Amazon jungle and the cold stares of armed Cambodian soldiers guarding a munitions storage area. Mark Magidson, the film's Producer, has done a masterful job at capturing the beauty, power and mysteries of life, just as he and Director Ron Fricke did with the motion picture. Fricke firmly believes that nonverbal films like BARAKA must live up to the standard of great still photography which reveals the essence of a subject - not just the physical presence, but the inner workings as well. This volume is a great example of just that. The images in this book stand alone as a testament to the power of the still image and its ability to connect directly with the viewer. Baraka translates as a blessing, or as the breath or essence of life from which the evolutionary process unfolds. This process is so visible in the book--and the attention to detail is most impressive and appreciated. Two of the most striking images appear near the beginning and at the end of the volume. They are beautiful examples of night photography time exposures with glorious starfields and mysterious rock formations a glow, in Utah and Australia, respectively. They only begin to reveal the mystery and beauty of the seemingly unspoiled ancient Earth. Do yourself and your book collection a favor and purchase this one today! Then go out and see the movie again...in these troubled times it becomes a very uplifting, contemplative experience.
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