Planet Earth: The Photographs
The Photographs
$104.01
- Hardcover
288 pages
- Release Date
3 December 2007
Summary
A stunning photography book featuring the best images from the BBC’s ground-breaking natural history series, Planet Earth. This book brings together a very special collection of pictures. Planet Earth is now regarded as the ultimate wildlife TV series, and its magic lies in its photography. Featuring the very best of Planet Earth images - from breathtaking aerials to unique, intimate portraits - Planet Earth, The Photographs is full of surprises, spectacle and a sense of awe. It is also, to q…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781846073465 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1846073464 |
| Author: | Alastair Fothergill |
| Publisher: | Ebury Publishing |
| Imprint: | BBC Books |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 288 |
| Release Date: | 3 December 2007 |
| Weight: | 1.10kg |
| Dimensions: | 220mm x 216mm x 28mm |
| Series: | Ebury Press, BBC Books |
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About The Author
Alastair Fothergill
Alastair Fothergill studied zoology and joined the BBC Natural History Unit in 1983, working on The Really Wild Show, Wildlife on One and David Attenborough’s The Trials of Life. He was appointed head of the Unit in 1992, and during his tenure he produced Attenborough’s award-winning series Life in the Freezer. He was awarded the Royal Geographical Society’s Cherry Kearton Medal and Award in 1996.
In June 1998, he stood down as head of the Natural History Unit to concentrate on his work as series producer, initially on the multi-award-winning The Blue Planet. In 2006 he completed his next major series Planet Earth, which won the Cinema for Peace Clean Energy Award at the Cinema for Peace Gala Berlin in 2008. He was executive producer of Frozen Planet (2011) and The Hunt (2015). He has also presented several television programmes, including The Abyss.
In 2008, he signed a multi-picture deal with newly formed Disneynature. In 2012 he left the BBC to co-found Silverback Films, which makes landmark natural history series for various clients including Netflix and the BBC.
In 2016, Alastair was made a Fellow of the Royal Television Society for his work in natural history programming. He was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2019 Birthday Honours for services to film.
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