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African Elephants | 
 enlarge | Author: Reinhard Kunkel
Publisher: Harry N. Abrams
Category: Book
List Price: $49.50
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Avg. Customer Rating:  1 reviews
Sales Rank: 1430052
Media: Hardcover
Edition: Rev Sub
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 128
Shipping Weight (lbs): 4.5
Dimensions (in): 13.3 x 10.1 x 1.2
ISBN: 0810919842
Dewey Decimal Number: 599.674
EAN: 9780810919846
ASIN: 0810919842
Publication Date: April 1, 1999
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Condition: HARDCOVER, Withdrawn and Cancelled library book with usual markings, T1
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Amazon.com Review
Elephants, writes German wildlife photographer Reinhard Künkel, are strange creatures. "Despite their size," he writes, "elephants by no means claim undisputed precedence in all their dealings with other animals. The privileges they might derive from their awesomeness and strength they are often too gentle and peaceable to claim." Yet an elephant that makes room for an annoyingly chiding pair of crested cranes one minute will defend its territory against a curious human the next, and, as Künkel relates, some of the images in this fine suite of photographs were the result of hair-raising negotiations with elephants on their native turf. Few wildlife photographers have worked in such close proximity with their subjects, as he notes in some of the wry autobiographical vignettes that open his book, and Künkel's 120-plus color plates capture elephants in all aspects of their daily lives: eating, bathing, traveling, playing, fighting, and, well, making other elephants. Künkel has spent many years among elephants throughout East Africa, and his familiarity with their ways affords his readers an exceptionally fine experience in armchair nature travel. --Gregory McNamee
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One of the finest wildlife photo books August 23, 2000
14 out of 17 found this review helpful
Up to now I've been to East Africa 3 times. I still regret not having bought Kunkel's book "Ngorongoro" the first time I saw it. I've got quite a few photography and painting books on Afircan wildlife but still regard Kunkel's pictures to be the most stunning. He has crossed far over merely documenting wildlife and his immense artistic talents are fully shown in the pictures. Fortunately, unlike "Ngorongoro" (now out of print), the publisher of "African Elephant" has decided to reprint this title. Highly recommended. A must for all interested in African wildlife and/or wildlife photography.
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