Polar Dance: Born of the North Wind

Polar Dance: Born of the North Wind
by Thomas D. Mangelsen, Fred Bruemmer

Polar Dance: Born of the North Wind
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Author: Fred Bruemmer, Thomas D. Mangelsen
Editor: Cara Blessley
Edition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 1997-09
ISBN: 1890310034
Number of pages: 264
Publisher: Images of Nature

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Book Review: The best book of the best nature photographer
Summary: 5 Stars

I discovered the work of Thomas Mangelson about ten years ago in Jackson, Wyoming, when I stumbled across a gallery devoted to his work. The most famous image there, the one of two grown polar bears "dancing," is on the cover of this book.

The book encapsulates all the artistry of this outstanding photographer. As difficult as it is to capture wildlife images, it's doubly so when you are photographing white animals against snow! Mangelson spends some four months a year in the Arctic, enlarging his huge repertoire of images. I can't begin to imagine the patience and meticulous attention to detail that is required to gather these pictures, but I'm glad Mangelson can!

I love the fact that this book shows the chronological sequence in the life of a bear family, and also that it doesn't have captions on each page. That allows you to follow the sequence of images undisturbed by human intrusion - you become a part of the life cycle, so to speak. Mangelson's work enables the viewer to see the bears as a complex family unit in addition to their usual portrayal as hardy predators. It cannot fail to move the viewer; this is a book to savor again and again.

I'm a huge fan of just about every image this photographer has ever published, and this book is, to me, the culmination of his work. I recommend it to everyone, bear fan or not!

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