Through the Eyes of the Gods: An Aerial Vision of Africa

Nice coffee table book. Beautiful pictures.

I was disappointed with the book. Although the book is well done, good quality and big pictures, the photos were just "nice".I expected more.There were a few beautiful images, but none "jaw dropping", and in general, I think they had no poetry, no soul.To me it seemed like an average person photographing from a helicopter (= scared animals), not a true artist capturing the magic of Africa.I was even bored half way through. I recommend checking it out at your local bookstore before ordering it through Amazon, to make sure you're getting what you expect.Nick Brandt's book, despite very different in style, causes much more emotion.

I have many "coffee table books" with beautiful photos of Africa, but this one is different. Offering a perspective you do not see even from an airline seat. these are aerial photos with enough elevation to show the patterns of the topography and subject matter...but also close to earth so you SEE the people, the wildlife, the plants that make up the images. A great book to just pore over the photos and dream of faraway places.

This book is breath taking. The photography is so beautiful you think it can't really be our planet. It portrays Africa from a different perspective showing the vastnest and complexities of the region. The descriptions of the photographs are well written. I enjoyed the poetry and prose added in the appropriate places in the book.

it is one of the most beautiful books I have ever seen. If you love Africa, you will love this book. The photos are taken from a helicopter, as if the Gods were looking down on Africa. Awesome and amazing are two words that can't even do it justice.

Having spent time in Africa, I was expecting really spectacular photos, given the promos I had seen and read. My anticipation wasn't rewarded, however. Unique vantagepoints, but compositions could be better, and there is no text to help compensate.

Beautiful beautiful

The photos were really not what I was expecting

I love the photographs of Africa. The story is compelling and wonderful. Bobby Hass has a great talent and I look forward to more books to come.