A Lifetime in Gal疳agos (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780691194998)

A magnificent collection of photos representing fifty years of De Roy's best work in the islands she calls home

Tui De Roy was a year old in 1955 when her family left Europe, boarding a banana boat bound for the Pacific to lead a different sort of life in Gal疳agos, one of self-sufficiency and living close to nature. She grew up on the islands and returned to them often over the next five decades. Discovering photography at a young age, she has dedicated her life to recording the islands' natural history in infinite detail. A Lifetime in Gal疳agos is De Roy's intimate portrait of one of the most spectacular places on Earth, presenting the wildlife and natural wonders of Gal疳agos as you have never seen them before.

Featuring hundreds of breathtaking color photos, this stunning book guides you into labyrinthine mangroves to observe nesting herons, to misty cloud forests to glimpse flycatchers and orchids, high onto erupting volcanoes, and into the ocean to swim with hammerhead sharks. De Roy's lens provides up-close encounters with orca and sperm whales, colonies of iguanas, and the giant tortoises of Alcedo Volcano. She paints unforgettable portraits of her childhood in Gal疳agos--the islands at night under the stars of the Milky Way, sea lions at play and on the hunt, the diverse birdlife of Gal疳agos, and much more.

Blending striking images with vivid prose, A Lifetime in Gal疳agos also discusses the threats that global warming and other environmental challenges pose to the archipelago's unique wildlife and fragile habitats.

Author: Tui de Roy
ISBN-10: 0691194998
ISBN-13: 9780691194998
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Language: English
Published: 07/21/2020
Pages: 240
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 3.60lbs
Size: 11.60h x 9.40w x 1.20d