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Uncommon Ground: A word-lover´s guide to the British landscape
Dominick Tyler
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Description for Uncommon Ground: A word-lover´s guide to the British landscape
Paperback. Offers a visual glossary of the British landscape: photographs and stories which take the reader from the waterlogged fens to the white sands of the Western Isles. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: AJB; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 182 x 223 x 27. Weight in Grams: 616.
An enchanting visual glossary of the British landscape: photographs and stories which take the reader from the waterlogged fens to the white sands of the Western Isles. 'Out . . . over the hill and then down the dip and through some lumpy bits.' This was how Dominick Tyler used to describe the places he roamed during his childhood in rural Cornwall. Vague generalities were good enough then, but later he felt a more precise, more detailed language must exist, precisely because he needed it to do what people must have needed it to do for millennia: ... Read more
An enchanting visual glossary of the British landscape: photographs and stories which take the reader from the waterlogged fens to the white sands of the Western Isles. 'Out . . . over the hill and then down the dip and through some lumpy bits.' This was how Dominick Tyler used to describe the places he roamed during his childhood in rural Cornwall. Vague generalities were good enough then, but later he felt a more precise, more detailed language must exist, precisely because he needed it to do what people must have needed it to do for millennia: ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Guardian Faber Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781783350483
SKU
V9781783350483
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About Dominick Tyler
Dominick Tyler grew up in rural Cornwall. After studying philosophy at UCL he became a documentary photographer. He has worked for the Guardian, the Independent, Le Monde and Medecins Sans Frontieres among many others. In his personal work, Tyler frequently explores the relationships between people and their environment - his ten-year project 'The Edge of Two Worlds' documented the changing ... Read more
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