Over: The American Landscape at the Tipping Point | 
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| Author: Alex Maclean
Creator: Bill Mckibben
Publisher: Abrams
Category: Book
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Rating:  1 reviews
Sales Rank: 43457
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 1
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 336
Shipping Weight (lbs): 5.6
Dimensions (in): 13.2 x 9.2 x 1.4
ISBN: 0810971453
Dewey Decimal Number: 304.20973
EAN: 9780810971455
ASIN: 0810971453
Publication Date: October 1, 2008
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For more than 30 years, Alex MacLean’s aerial photographs have captured the evolution of the American landscape and the complex relationship between its natural and constructed environments. Over: The American Landscape at the Tipping Point is an ambitious and visually breathtaking catalogue of the extraordinary patterns and profound physical consequences brought about by natural processes and human intervention. Divided into sections on topics including automobile dependency, water consumption, and urbanization, MacLean’s powerful photographs and insightful text make it clear that maintenance of the current American lifestyle is incompatible with a planet of diminishing natural resources and a finite atmosphere. With an introduction by environmentalist and writer Bill McKibben, Over compels us all to reconsider our basic assumptions about how we live, work, and play, and reveals that while the challenges we face today are not insurmountable, the future depends on our collective vision, passion, and commitment.
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The hand of man -- just picture it October 19, 2008
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
If you have MacLean's previous book: 'Designs on the land' you'll enjoy this latest collection of looking down on the landscape. Though the book doesn't have as many photos as 'Designs' it does have the advantage of presenting them in a much larger format.
Each of the nine chapters (Atmosphere, Way of life, Automobile dependency, Electricity generation, Deserts, Water use, Sea-level rise, Waste and recycling and lastly Urbanism) starts on a spread with a short essay by MacLean and a US map showing the photo locations.
Many of the photos focus on the southwest states because it is here that the greatest population migration is taking place, land aplenty and cheap but unfortunately the whole area has a declining water table because of demand and made even more problematical with agriculture using nearly two thirds of what is available. There are some great photos showing communities in the desert stretching off into the distance, who's going to build apartment blocks when there is plenty of land for individual houses? This sprawl, of course, means that energy, water systems and roads are a drain on local government finances and everyone has to have a car.
As in all his books MacLean presents the perfect image, pin-sharp and full of detail but with Over there is more because the book is beautifully designed and printed (with a 175 screen) on quality paper. I was particularly impressed with the binding, at least half of the photos are two pages wide (almost eighteen inches) and they all line up across the gutter.
'Over' is one of those books you can open at any page and be grabbed by what you see. The look of the land was never more seductive.
***SEE SOME INSIDE PAGES by clicking 'customer images' under the cover.
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