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| Eyes Into Secret Seas | 
| Author: Jeffrey Rotman Publisher: Rizzoli International Publications Category: Book
List Price: $75.00 Buy New: $4.19 You Save: $70.81 (94%)
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Avg. Customer Rating: 2 reviews Sales Rank: 2271034
Media: Hardcover Number Of Items: 1 Pages: 208 Shipping Weight (lbs): 4.3 Dimensions (in): 13.3 x 10 x 1.1
ISBN: 0847824446 Dewey Decimal Number: 577 EAN: 9780847824441 ASIN: 0847824446
Publication Date: May 3, 2002 Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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Jeffrey Rotman-famous for his stunning images of ocean life-is widely regarded as the best underwater photographer in the world. Eyes into Secret Seas is a comprehensive collection of Rotman's most beautiful work. Selected from his personal archive, a full 80 percent of the work is brand new and has never before been seen, till now. What makes this collection special is Rotman's choice of photographs, comprised of his personal fine art images, which are distinct and separate from his more documentary work as a marine photojournalist. The result is some of the most visually compelling underwater art ever. Each page is one adventurous journey after another as the viewer is drawn into a secret world. Eyes into Secret Seas is much more than underwater art photography, Rotman's magical photographs open up a world of color and light that is an inspiring source book for anyone interested in color and design. Fashion fans will appreciate in your face photographs of fish veneers, combinations of blue, pink, and yellow as luminous as an Oscar de la Renta runway. Interior design aficionados will marvel at nature's sea palette of eyepopping color mixes, as vibrant as a Tricia Guild designed house, and jewelry fans cannot fail to be inspired by brilliant sparkling surfaces of species of fish and coral as vibrant as those seen at Harry Winston or Bulgari. Beyond the world of underwater photography, Eyes into Secret Seas is an inspired gift for just about anyone who loves color. Underwater diving is a 1.7 billion dollar industry and one of the fastest growing water sports in the United States. Eyes into Secret Seas is perfect for armchair underwater photography fans as well as amateur divers and underwater photographers. According to the diving industry association, there are 8.5 million certified divers in the U.S., and 500,000 divers enter the sport each year. The top ten states with active divers are Florida, California, Hawaii, Texas, Illinois, New York, Washington, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Colorado.
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Amazing closeup photography March 8, 2007 I had heard that Jeffs work was excellent, but was totally blown away by the color, clarity, and variety of everything that was in this book. I would reccomend any of his works of art to anyone who is looking for an informative and rare look into the creatures of the ocean. It would also make a great gift to your boating friends. My biggest question was, "How did he ever get some of those pictures."
Simply stunning December 23, 2003 This large book contains page after page of gorgeous, jaw-dropping photographs. Mr. Rotman quite artfully employs macro photography to achieve a psychodelic affect that will cause involuntary smiles and appreciative head-nodding through out. I suspect most photographs are taken on night dives. The spectacular clarity and dark backgrounds conspire with the brilliant colors, textures, shapes and patterns of his subjects to transcend from photos to abstract art. I am very grateful to Mr. Rotman for sharing this view of our world.I also own (and recommend) David Doubilet's "Water, Light, Time" and Norbert Wu's "Splendors of the Sea". If you enjoy either of these books, you will love Mr. Rotman's book. Mr. Rotman has a unique perspective and uses very different composition techniques, so this book is not 'more of the same'. Over time, I plan to buy two more copies of this book so that I can preserve one copy as a book and separate out some pages on the other two copies for framing.
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