In Wildness Is the Preservation of the World Porter, Eliot and Thoreau, Henry David

Photography is a strong tool, a propaganda device, and a weapon for the defense of the environmentand therefore for the fostering of a healthy human race and even very likely for its survival Eliot Porter, 1962Celebrating the 50year anniversary of the first publication of In Wildness Is the Preservation of the World by Eliot Porter, AMMO Books is honored to present a newly restored version of one of photographys most beloved and bestselling titlesIn 1962, photographer Eliot Porter and the Sierra Club founder, David Brower, published this bestselling, and now longoutofprint, classic monograph that has often been referred to as the very first coffee table book ever publishedPorter masterfully created and paired his color photographs of the New England woods with passages by writer Henry David Thoreau Both Porter and Thoreaualthough they lived a century apartconstantly worked to preserve Nature and protect it from manmade interference The finished collaboration arrived in an era when environmental causes were not in the public consciousness, and yet the book became an overnight publishing success that lasted many decades with multiple print runs and and formatsThis AMMO Books edition features refined classic typography in the spirit of the original hardcover first edition, with stunning photo reproductions on recycledcontent, fine paper stock Along with a cloth cover with foil debossing, the book stays true to the original intentions and themes of that first edition, including all 73 brilliant color images lovingly restored for todays printing technologyAMMO Books proudly releases the singular book that celebrates and rediscovers the intricacies and undeniable beauty of mans relationship to the magnificent outdoorsa sentiment that has only grown more relevant in the 50 years since In Wildness Is the Preservation of the World was first published ISBN10: 1934429732 ISBN13: 9781934429730Material Type: hardcover