Eye of the Beholder

This is one of my favorite photography books. It covers 30 years of images made by James Stanfield of the National Geographic. The book explains what led to Stanfield making each photograph, which adds greatly to my appreciation of this book. The section on the "Human Connection" will enrich your soul and the entire book is a celebration of life.

In the fall of 1959, I attended a U.S. Army photography school at Fort Monmouth, New Jersey with a young man named James Stanfield whose ambition was to become a National Geographic photographer. Wow, did he ever succeed! If you care about photography and/or the world, I highly recommend this beautiful book.

This is the opus of a master photojournalist. Absolutely superb in every aspect. A must for all Geographic fans and photographers alike.

Pack your bags and head off on a 30-year quest to the ends of the earth with Geographic photographer Jim Stanfield! Take a look at the world through the "eye" of a true artist!His photos will knock your socks off, as you might well expect; National Geographic's never published a book entirely devoted to one photographer's body of work before. But equally precious are the insights you'll get from the photos' captions and absorbing text. Then, when you're through, set the book aside for a few days, and read it again when you're in a completely different mood. You'll see things that you never even came close to seeing the first time around! Guess that's what they mean by great art, eh?! Only one complaint.....haven't heard when the sequel's coming out! Hope we don't have to wait another thirty years!