2011 USA Best Book Awards to Anne Geddes!
Beginnings Hardcover book 1st place Photography:
General
Beginnings E-Book 1st Place E-Book:
Non-Fiction
Award-winning photographer Anne Geddes founded a new tradition in
visual storytelling and captivated an international audience. Now,
after spending 12 months photographing, Anne reveals a range of
images that are, in her own words, among the most personally
rewarding she has ever created. A beautiful gift book with more
than 140 never-before-published photographs,
BEGINNINGS will be released worldwide on
10.10.10 in countries including, the United
States, Canada, Germany, Italy, Portugal, Brazil, Australia and New
Zealand.
I have always been fascinated by elements of nature at the moment
of transformation," comments Anne. Babies are the human face of
beginnings, but all of nature is caught in this insistent stream of
seasons, of aging and rebirth, of concealment and bursting forth.
Every time I unwrap a newborn, even after all these years of
photographing them, I am aware of the miracle before me. This book,
Beginnings, took me on a journey of discovery to reveal these
everyday miracles of nature, these complementary wonders, in
imagery."
Continuing in the tradition that has made her one of the most
sought-after and popular photographers in the world, in
BEGINNINGS, Anne Geddes presents the
simple and elegant elements of nature as we have never seen them
before. With her camera, she has conceived a fresh story about the
delicate and powerful mystery of new life that will inspire nature
lovers just as surely as her images of babies have captured the
imaginations of people around the globe. She reveals the intricate
beauty of birds' nests, the delicacy of eggs, and the glorious
color hidden inside the tight, unopened petals of a blossom before
it blooms. Then, she expands on her visual metaphor to reveal
surprising and illuminating juxtapositions of beginnings in floral
and human forms.
Once again, Anne Geddes draws our eye to celebrate those treasures
worth nurturing and protecting. Told in a language of love that is
understood by so many cultures and people of all ages,
BEGINNINGS is sure to transcend
boundaries, as her other internationally bestselling books have
done.
