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drone232's review
challenging
inspiring
reflective
fast-paced
5.0
A brilliant display of photographs against white and black backgrounds of species whose , numbers range in the dozens to those whose , numbers are rising out of endangered status.
libraryofretellingsandstars's review
5.0
"Rare: Portraits of America's Endangered Species" by Joel Sartore is a collection of animals wh0 have unknown number of their community, less than 1,000, between 10,000-1,000, and who have more than 10,000 of their community.
I would give "Rare: Portraits of America's Endangered Species" by Joel Sartore a 5-star review because, 1; I love the few animal pictures that where inside, and 2; I loved learning more about these animals who were some I didn't know and some I did.
I would give "Rare: Portraits of America's Endangered Species" by Joel Sartore a 5-star review because, 1; I love the few animal pictures that where inside, and 2; I loved learning more about these animals who were some I didn't know and some I did.
alexauthorshay's review
informative
reflective
3.0
I really like the concept behind Animal Ark and Sartore's work. I get the idea behind using plain backgrounds to let the animals stand out with their own features. And that photos of some of these animals can be really hard to take. But some of them are the animal facing away or only partially in the frame or otherwise not fully visible and it seems like, not "bad" photography, but like better images could have been chosen. I picked the book up mostly for the photos but I actually found the facts and info tidbits included with each photo and how the book was sectioned into how many (estimated) of each species is left more useful.
aengblom's review
4.0
The photos in this book are absolutely exquisite while also haunting. This book contains a small sample of the endangered species of North America, shedding light on the nature around us that is slowly disappearing without notice in our daily life. In addition to photographing species with declining numbers, this book also provides us with examples of species we brought back from the brink of extinction with support from individuals like us. This book is a testament to how we decide to handle environemental degradation in today's society - it either stands as documentation of what we chose to lose OR as declaration of what we fought to protect. Overall the book is beautiful and eye opening.
laurla's review
-saw this book go by at the library and wanted to see it for myself. i remember this guy from a show on pbs where they follow him as he takes pictures of the animals.
"they say the true measure of a person or society is how we treat the least among us."
"the elephant in the room is human overpopulation. we're nearing seven billion people now and the population continues to expand exponentially. as human culture overtakes the planet, other living things have less room and are pushed to extinction.
"the endangered species act assumes that other species matter too."
"these species, all species, are also of value to themselves, not just to humans. their lives matter to them as ours matter to us. perhaps someday we'll choose to protect other species simply because they have the same inherent right to exist that we do."
"what saves species, in the end, is human restraint, balancing our needs against the needs of the rest of the lives on this planet."
-i enjoyed many of the photos! but i thought some of them were poorly chosen. the polar bear is a filthy dingy brown with a ring of bubbly foam around its mouth. and the bald eagle is facing away from the camera, its basically a close up of the back of its head! why?
"they say the true measure of a person or society is how we treat the least among us."
"the elephant in the room is human overpopulation. we're nearing seven billion people now and the population continues to expand exponentially. as human culture overtakes the planet, other living things have less room and are pushed to extinction.
"the endangered species act assumes that other species matter too."
"these species, all species, are also of value to themselves, not just to humans. their lives matter to them as ours matter to us. perhaps someday we'll choose to protect other species simply because they have the same inherent right to exist that we do."
"what saves species, in the end, is human restraint, balancing our needs against the needs of the rest of the lives on this planet."
-i enjoyed many of the photos! but i thought some of them were poorly chosen. the polar bear is a filthy dingy brown with a ring of bubbly foam around its mouth. and the bald eagle is facing away from the camera, its basically a close up of the back of its head! why?
satyridae's review
4.0
Gorgeously photographed, exquisite but heartbreaking. Simple, spare, stark photographs of the rarest of the rare, with short explanatory text about most of the animals. It does end on a hopeful note, but it makes for some grim reading.
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