Aerial Acrobats |
Life lived in the air
Hardcover | 7" x 7" | 40 pages
A great gift for any bird lover!
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| The eternal ballet of survival, flight, and falling. The aerial acrobats forever in motion, a rush of speed and feathers past the wondering human eye. |
Hardcover | 7" x 7" | 40 pages
A great gift for any bird lover!
Credit Card orders worldwide:
Order an unsigned copy with a credit card direct from Blurb.com: To get a softcover or hardcover of Aerial Acrobats using a credit card, order direct from Blurb here.
From the introduction by Kathe Koja:
"Because they are so lovely, and seem so fragile -- they *are* fragile -- we tend to think of birds as delicate creatures, literally above the fray of the earthbound existence the rest of us live.
But in these photographs, we can see the bird's-eye view for what it is, and how tough and resilient these animals are, and have to be.
Some images from Aerial Acrobats:
Reviews of Aerial Acrobats . . .
"Fantastic backyard bird photos - Rick Lieder, the talented sf/f artist whose backyard nature photographs have stunned me for years, has released a new book of photos of small birds on the wing, shot in his own backyard in south Michigan. Rick doesn't use fancy fast film or other high-tech treats -- instead, he just uses patience and care to capture these remarkable images. I just got a copy from Rick and discovered a lovely bonus: a short introduction by Kathe Koja, the fantastic writer."
— Cory Doctorow - Writer, Boing Boing blogger, activist
"These birds are living in the air as we live on the ground. They eat and preen, seduce and fight, without making that fatal Wile E. Coyote mistake of looking down and realizing that what they do is impossible.
Rick's pictures make me think that birds don't give a lot of thought to the empty spaces they fill. They're too busy with life. Living between branches and fence posts and power lines, speed walking on air, taking care of business. His lens captures flight with the precision of a diamond cutter removing just enough to reveal the true stone."
— Mark Heath - cartoonist, No Brow Cartoons
"What a stunningly beautiful book."
— Anca Vlasopolos (Author of "The New Bedford Samurai")
"Your work is absolutely stunning. I've loved birds and bird art ever since I was a child and your photos of backyard birds in flight elevate these humble avians to the lofty level of raptors or exotic parrots, which is where they belong."
— Alexandra Highcrest
"Exquisite, fragile, yet conveying great self-possession and everyday poise, there is so much going on in so simple an image it defies categorization and asks only to be seen as its own self. Marvelous.
Thank you so much for this enchantment."
— Pete Rogan
"I enjoy your photos of birds in flight so much. The airborne ecstasy brought about by the rhythmic push and pull of tiny wings fascinates me. Thank you once again for this bit of serendipity."
— Karen Gallagher
"Rick Lieder doesn't find it necessary to prowl the forests of the earth, his world is only a few steps beyond his door. This photographer has more than a great eye, he has patience. His method is to set up where he knows the action will be, then just wait. For the subject, for the light, and trickier yet - from what I see - the pose.
See his action-packed bird shots. They seem intimate to me. Action tied to intimacy sounds like an oxymoron, but maybe it's just because we're raised on movies and think certain genres don't meld."
— Fred Wickham [BullseyeRooster]
"These images capture life on the wing in a way that is unexpected and illuminating."
— Anne Harris (Author of "Inventing Memory")
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