Photo Ark Wonders: Celebrating Diversity in the Animal Kingdom Book – National Geographic
National Geographic's Photo Ark Wonders is a glorious new volume of photographer Joel Sartore's signature animal portraits, this time highlighting the fascinating shapes, patterns, and expressions of animals both familiar and little known. On a mission to photograph all the animal species in human care, Joel Sartore now delights us with more photographs, this time selected to represent the amazing diversity of the world's animals.
The book's four chapters—Pattern, Shape, Extra, and Personality—invite us to revel in these photographs, many cleverly paired into amusing and often surprising comparisons, like the catfish and the mouse with the same stripes down their backs, the tarantula and the poison dart frog both cobalt blue, or the tiny lizard and the weighty ox both sporting pointed horns.
Each photograph gets its own page or two-page spread. Scientifically accurate captions highlight distinctive features. Throughout, Sartore recalls telling moments from his photographic adventures. With all new image selections, this book expands the best-selling Photo Ark series, sure to be a hit with those who already treasure National Geographic Photo Ark, Birds of the Photo Ark, and Photo Ark Vanishing. Animal lovers young and old will get lost in the pages of this book, delighted by the spectacular diversity among these creatures and the wit of the photographer chronicling them.
- Words and photographs by Joel Sartore
- Hardcover
- 400 pages
- Ages 12+
- Published by National Geographic
- Paper
- 10 3/10'' H x 10 3/10'' W
- Printed in U.S.A.
Item No. 477412114951
Express shipping not available for this item. This item cannot be shipped internationally. This item cannot be shipped outside the contiguous United States. It can only be shipped to a physical address, not to a P.O. Box, APO or FPO address. Please allow 2-3 weeks for delivery.
National Geographic's Photo Ark Wonders is a glorious new volume of photographer Joel Sartore's signature animal portraits, this time highlighting the fascinating shapes, patterns, and expressions of animals both familiar and little known. On a mission to photograph all the animal species in human care, Joel Sartore now delights us with more photographs, this time selected to represent the amazing diversity of the world's animals.
The book's four chapters—Pattern, Shape, Extra, and Personality—invite us to revel in these photographs, many cleverly paired into amusing and often surprising comparisons, like the catfish and the mouse with the same stripes down their backs, the tarantula and the poison dart frog both cobalt blue, or the tiny lizard and the weighty ox both sporting pointed horns.
Each photograph gets its own page or two-page spread. Scientifically accurate captions highlight distinctive features. Throughout, Sartore recalls telling moments from his photographic adventures. With all new image selections, this book expands the best-selling Photo Ark series, sure to be a hit with those who already treasure National Geographic Photo Ark, Birds of the Photo Ark, and Photo Ark Vanishing. Animal lovers young and old will get lost in the pages of this book, delighted by the spectacular diversity among these creatures and the wit of the photographer chronicling them.
- Words and photographs by Joel Sartore
- Hardcover
- 400 pages
- Ages 12+
- Published by National Geographic
- Paper
- 10 3/10'' H x 10 3/10'' W
- Printed in U.S.A.
Item No. 477412114951
Express shipping not available for this item. This item cannot be shipped internationally. This item cannot be shipped outside the contiguous United States. It can only be shipped to a physical address, not to a P.O. Box, APO or FPO address. Please allow 2-3 weeks for delivery.
