Aviary

‘Celebrates not only the avian world, but the photographers using creative techniques to produce original artworks, from characterful studio portraits to eyecatching abstracts … though the work of each photographer is markedly different, each, in their own way, highlights the remarkable beauty and wonder found in the world of birds’ - Amateur Photographer‘An odyssey of more than 200 pages through the world of winged wonders’ - New Scientist‘An outstanding new book that looks at how birds have been a major inspiration for contemporary artists over the years’ - Professional Photo‘Revelatory’ - RPS Journal‘Not just a sequence of colourful and eye-catching images but a thought-provoking overview of contemporary bird photography … an odyssey that captures the splendour of birds whilst highlighting the complex relationship between humans and animals’ - Cellophaneland‘An enthralling odyssey that captures the splendour of birds and highlights the complex relationship between humans and animals through the work of more than fifty contemporary photographers’ - Eye of Photography‘A beautifully designed book with ethereal compositions … the 200 photographs by more than fifty practitioners of the art that make up Aviary bear astonishing testimony to what is possible … theatre in the skies’ - Sean Sheehan, Prisma

William A. Ewing has been an author, lecturer, curator of photography and museum director for more than 40 years. His many publications on photography include The Body, Civilization: The Way We Live Now, Edward Burtynsky: Essential Elements and Flora Photographica - The Flower in Contemporary Photography, all published by Thames & Hudson.

Danaé Panchaud is a curator and lecturer specializing in photography. She is the director of the Centre de la Photographie Genève and co-author of Flora Photographica - The Flower in Contemporary Photography.