Photographer Warren Jacobs showcases the impressively diverse range of landscapes found in New Zealand while writer Jill Worrall provides a cohesive text that puts New Zealand's unique natural forms in context.
New Zealand may be a small country but within the North and South Islands can be found such an impressively diverse range of landscapes that no two areas are the same. From snow-topped alpine peaks to deep forest, and from pristine lakes to tawny expanses of grassland, New Zealand is a truly diverse and spectacular country.
Protected by the remoteness of its location in the South Pacific Ocean away from heavily populated land masses, New Zealand is fortunate to be still regarded as a good place to live. Photographer Warren Jacobs has explored the landscape for 30 years. For this volume he travels paths little used by people, in areas as diverse as Dusky Sound, Southern Stewart Island and Spirits Bay, Northland. His appreciation of light and keen observation results in these images of the country he loves.
The country's longest-standing scenic book, 'A Portrait of New Zealand' depicts the landscapes of the North and South Islands in over 200 photographs. The book was first published in 1982 in two separate volumes, with the combined edition published in 1988 and reprinted every year since. This new edition contains the same well-loved images but has been given new colour reproduction throughout in order to restore teh spectacular quality of the original photographs. Errol Brathwaite's original text has been revised and rewritten by the mulit-award winning journalist and writer Jill Worrall.
