Spineless: Portraits of Marine Invertebrates, the Backbone of Life

Spineless: Portraits of Marine Invertebrates, the Backbone of Life

Spineless: Portraits of Marine Invertebrates, the Backbone of Life

Spineless: Portraits of Marine Invertebrates, the Backbone of Life

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Overview

In Spineless, acclaimed photographer Susan Middleton explores the mysterious and surprising world of marine invertebrates, which represent more than 98 percent of the known animal species in the ocean.

Foreword by Sylvia A. Earle

This collection of more than 250 remarkable images is the result of seven years of painstaking fieldwork across the Pacific Ocean, using photographic techniques that Middleton developed to capture these extremely fragile creatures on camera, creatures who are astonishingly diverse in their shapes, patterns, textures, and colors—in nature’s fashion show, they are the haute couture of marine life. Middleton also provides short essays that examine the place these invertebrates occupy on the tree of life, their vast array of forms, and their lives in the ocean.

Scientist Bernadette Holthuis contributes profiles describing each species, many of them for the first time. Middleton’s book is a stunning view of nature that harmoniously combines art and science.

“A gorgeous, light-drenched book that treats the senses. In one exquisitely crafted portrait after another, accompanied by stirring prose, Middleton reminds us that we share the planet with equally fascinating neighbors, some of whom just happen to live beneath the waves.” —Diane Ackerman, author of The Human Age

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781419710070
Publisher: Abrams
Publication date: 10/21/2014
Pages: 256
Product dimensions: 10.20(w) x 12.10(h) x 1.30(d)

About the Author

Susan Middleton is an acclaimed photographer, author, and lecturer specializing in the portraiture of rare and endangered animals, plants, sites, and cultures. For thirteen years she was the chair of the Department of Photography at the California Academy of Sciences, where she now serves as research associate. Her most recent book is Evidence of Evolution (Abrams 2009). Previous books in collaboration with David Liittschwager include Archipelago, Remains of a Rainbow (National Geographic), Witness, and Here Today (Chronicle Books). Her photographs have been exhibited worldwide in fine art and natural history contexts, and are represented in the permanent collections of the National Academy of Sciences and the National Gallery of Art. She was awarded a Guggenheim fellowship in 2009. She lives in San Francisco.
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