Daybreak 2000 - Hardcover

Tefft, Roger

 
9781559717403: Daybreak 2000

Synopsis

While much of the world's attention focused on whether computer chips would function, 100-plus outdoor and nature photographers chose locations for their beauty, and also for their special, personal significance, for a one-day photo shoot on January 1, 2000. They provide captions, including the location, and impressions, reflections, or emotions experienced at that moment. The images appear in longitudinal order, beginning at Fiji just west of the International Date Line and proceeding westward. The project was conceived and directed by Tefft, who has background in journalism and law. Oversize: 11x11<">. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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Synopsis

As millions of people woke up on the morning of January 1st, 2000, more than 100 internationally-acclaimed nature photographers were capturing the natural beauty of the day on film. This text presents that collection of photographs, each focusing on the timeless wonder of nature and all taken between midnight and noon on New Year's Day morning. In addition to the photographs, each photographer has provided a thoughtful caption about the photo, the location and his or her impressions, reflections and emotions at that moment. The photographs illustrate daybreak across the world at such locations as Ayers Rock in Australia, the island of Fiji, the Garden of the Gods in Colorado, USA, the Baltic Sea coast of Sweden, Zimbabwe, Kenya, England and Indonesia.

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