Global Treasures, Indonesia – Limited Edition
Author: Michael AW
“Michael is the consummate photographer, painting with flash, alternating backgrounds producing portraits and seascapes. A village pier becomes a cathedral of shadowy noon day light filled with a carousel of silvery baitfish. Sunlights spears through a rainforest canopy spilling into clear water mangroves. The sea is the very essence of what defines Indonesia. Michael has successfully peeled back the layers of life in this water country. The exquisite moments that Michael shares with us truly defines Indonesia’s Global Treasures. “ David Doubilet
Michael AW’s ‘Indonesia’s Global Treasures’ wins the International Prize for Best Book of the Year at the World Underwater Pictures Festival (Festival Mondial de l’Image Sous Marine). ‘Indonesia’s Enchanted by the richness of the centre of the Coral Triangle, over 12 expeditions, Michael captured the very essence and opulence of the global centre of marine protected areas in the most fascinating details ever published in one exquisite volume. Indonesia’s Global Treasures is the first book to reveal the immense beauty of seven underwater wonders of our world found in the Indonesian Archipelago. Marine scientists of many disciplines have affirmed over and over again, that Indonesia is endowed with the greatest highest diversity of iridescent corals, fishes, crustaceans, molluscs and marine plant species. This is the Coral Triangle. This is the heartland, the bull’s eye of the world’s richest reefs. Indonesia’s Global Treasures showcases these jewels of amazing biodiversity, revealing unique, important creatures that live there and emphasizes the importance of protecting these natural treasures.
Beautifully encased in a French fold jacket, printed on matt fine art paper using a 6-colour process, plus rainbow foil, Silver Stamping, Matt Lamination + Spot Varnish to enhance images.
Jacket, 8pp Endpaper + 180pp Text + 8pp French Fold Jacket
280cm x 260cm H folded
150gsm Matt Art Acid free Paper
Text – high quality 6C process – 5C X 5C plus Spot Gloss and matt Varnish.
Jacket – 7 C process 4c plus silver stamping, Matt Lamination and spot UV
Fully cased, section hand sewn, head and tail band, with mull cloth, square back, jacketing. Part proceeds from this book will go to the Ocean Geographic SOS (Save Our Sea) Fund.
Global Treasures, Indonesia – Limited Edition
$AUD/ SGD 80.80 (includes postage and packaging within Australia, Malaysia & Singapore)
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Global Treasures, Indonesia – Limited Edition
by Michael AW scores the PALME D’OR – Book of Festival at the
39th F.M.I.S.M: World-Underwater Pictures Festival Marseille
Foreword by David Doubilet
Michael AW’s ‘Indonesia’s Global Treasures’ wins the International Prize for Best Book of the Year at the World Underwater Pictures Festival (Festival Mondial de l’Image Sous Marine). This artistic book of the sea category yielded entries from a host of international authors and photographers including books published by media powerhouses from UK, Germany, Singapore, USA and France, but it is “Global Treasures” that received the Palme d’Or (Gold) award at the gala award ceremony of the world’s most prestigious underwater imagery festival of the ocean on 3rd November 2012 at Parc Chanot, Marseilles. Michael is the first author/underwater photographer to have won this prestigious award twice; the first was for “Heart of the Ocean” in 2009.
‘Indonesia’s Global Treasures’ took 12 expeditions to complete; to date this is Singapore born, Michael AW’s most inspiring book – his 29th sole authored book of the sea. Enchanted by the richness of the centre of the Coral Triangle Michael captured the very essence and opulence of the global centre of marine protected areas in the most fascinating details ever published in one exquisite volume. Indonesia’s Global Treasures is the first book to reveal the immense beauty of seven underwater wonders of our world found in the Indonesian Archipelago.
Marine scientists of many disciplines have affirmed over and over again, that Indonesia is endowed with the greatest highest diversity of iridescent corals, fishes, crustaceans, molluscs and marine plant species. This is the Coral Triangle. This is the heartland, the bull’s eye of the world’s richest reefs. Indonesia’s Global Treasures showcases these jewels of amazing biodiversity, revealing unique, important creatures that live there and emphasizes the importance of protecting these natural treasures.
Michael AW, a Fellow of the International League of Conservation Photographer stylishly brings together a repertoire of images that vigorously exposes the extra-terrestrial beauty of our underwater heritage in extraordinary perspective. Many of these pictures are award winners and many have been selected for archival fine art collections and limited edition reproductions. His imagery celebrates the marine richness and diversity of Indonesia. While some of them are endemic, some are rare elsewhere but found in abundance in Indonesia. The production revealed lavish properties that are unrivalled in our terrestrial world. Updown Court of London or Bridgehampton of New York pale in comparison. Michael affectionately calls these places Global Treasures. This award winning book aims to foster greater awareness and appreciation of our oceans as well as inspire the preservation and protection of our natural treasures for our children. Flip through the pages and immerse yourself in magical places that astonish and amaze.
“Indonesia’s Global Treasures” also serves as a global warning; our ocean’s treasures are severely threatened by human-induced climate change, over-fishing and pollution. If these continue unabated, coral reefs will be destroyed; animals will become extinct, ocean services on which we all depend to survive will be colossally diminished. We are at the defining moment…” said Michael AW.
Global Treasures, Indonesia – Limited Edition
$AUD/ SGD 80.80 (includes postage and packaging within Australia, Malaysia & Singapore)