England

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ENGLAND
Edwin Smith ' Geoffrey Grigson
Ever since we began publishing our
large topographical books we have been
inundated with requests to bring out a
pictorial volume on England. But this was
not a project that could be undertaken lightly;
it needed thought and careful preparation, if
the result was to be worthy of its subject.
Who, then, should take the photographs?
Edwin Smith—whose photography in Scot'
land has been described as "one of the finest
tributes ever published"—seemed the obvious
choice. He was full of enthusiasm; but so dc
termined was he to get the best possible results
that, working to a careful plan, he took over
2,500 photographs in the course of three years.
The two hundred pictures finally selected offer,
we consider, a quintessential England. Not the
England of landscape cliche but an England
freshly observed from church to cathedral, cliff
and beach in all states of light, to the secrecies
of the Midland Plain, deep valley to sharp... Tovább

Fülszöveg

ENGLAND
Edwin Smith ' Geoffrey Grigson
Ever since we began publishing our
large topographical books we have been
inundated with requests to bring out a
pictorial volume on England. But this was
not a project that could be undertaken lightly;
it needed thought and careful preparation, if
the result was to be worthy of its subject.
Who, then, should take the photographs?
Edwin Smith—whose photography in Scot'
land has been described as "one of the finest
tributes ever published"—seemed the obvious
choice. He was full of enthusiasm; but so dc
termined was he to get the best possible results
that, working to a careful plan, he took over
2,500 photographs in the course of three years.
The two hundred pictures finally selected offer,
we consider, a quintessential England. Not the
England of landscape cliche but an England
freshly observed from church to cathedral, cliff
and beach in all states of light, to the secrecies
of the Midland Plain, deep valley to sharp
'ridge, wilderness to the patterns of cultivation.
Geoffrey Grigson's introductory text and
notes serve to put the pictures into historical
and visual perspective. He has written as stimii'
lating an essay as one could wish, and one
which reflects the critical affection in which he
holds his country. His notes on the plates are
concise and informative.
This, we confidently believe, is the book on
England everybody has been waiting for. Vissza