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海洋生物學家Cristina Mittermeier透過攝影來探索人類與土地、海洋的關係，並且關注地球的美與困境。作者在如同迷宮一般的大自然中航行，尋求所謂的永續生存之道，她鏡頭下的世界引發我們的驚奇與讚嘆。在”足夠”(Enoughness)這個篇章中，攝影師強調有意識的永續生存哲學，收錄的影像來自地球最遺世獨立的角落。不論是野生動物、遙遠的土地以及原住民族，他們都挑戰了人類對物慾富足的狂熱膜拜。本篇為環境以及人類彼此提供一個有意義且永續連結的另類思考。
在”水之濱”(The Water’s Edge)篇章裡，作者拍攝了地球上土地與海洋交界的景象，賦予人類生活以特殊的意義。不論是每日帶回漁獲的漁夫，淺水邊洗衣的婦女，或是嬉戲於浪花間的衝浪者，”水之濱”所顯露的是，發生在一個彼此相關的空間中的短暫一瞬，不僅顯現我們對地球的依存，還有共同的人性。
本書為永續生存帶來諸多啟發，凡是關心地球與自然萬物的讀者，這是一本不可錯過的攝影集。
Cristina Mittermeier knows a thing or two about water. Trained as a marine biologist and a photographer, the Mexico City-born Mittermeier combines her work behind the lens with her passion for environmentalism, taking pictures around the world to explore our relationship to the earth and ocean and to draw attention to the beauty and the plight of our planet.
In Amaze, Mittermeier elicits our wonder and awe at the natural world and the labyrinth or "maze" of navigating a sustainable existence. The book combines two series: "Enoughness" and "The Water's Edge." The first draws out Mittermeier's philosophy for a mindful and sustainable way of being in the world. Bringing together photographs from some of the most isolated corners of the earth, the book shows wild animals, remote landscapes, and indigenous peoples--challenging the cult of material wealth and proposing alternatives for a meaningful and sustainable connection to our environment, each other, and ourselves.
In "The Water's Edge," Mittermeier presents photographs from around the globe that capture the frontier between land and ocean and the special meaning it has for human life. Whether it is fishermen bringing in their daily haul, women washing laundry in the shallows, or surfers frolicking in the spray, the water's edge is revealed as an integral and universal space in which ephemeral moments reveal not only our common dependency on the planet, but also our common humanity.
As much an inspiration for sustainable living as a staggering collection of nature photography, Amaze i s a must-have book for all those who care about our planet and those we share it with.
