Exploring Beauty

Résumé du livre

Tony Foster immerses himself in wild landscapes across the globe to convey the beauty and wonder of these often inaccessible and endangered places. From 2007 to 2015 he invited some of the world's leading scientists, explorers, writers, environmentalists, and mountaineers to nominate the most beautiful wild place they had ever seen. These included:-Dr. Winslow Briggs, Director Emeritus of the Carnegie Institute of Plant Biology, Stanford University-Professor Sir Ghillean Prance, former Director of Kew Botanical Garden-Maria Teresa Ruiz, Professor of Astronomy, Universidad de Chile-Professor Stephen Sparks, volcanologist and winner of the Vetlesen Prize.Foster traveled to each designated area to see if he could share the inspiration of the nominator. The paintings document his experiences on site from the remote jungles of Borneo to desert sands in Chile.