South Africa. Landshapes. Landscapes. Manscapes

Published by Struik, 1990, hardcover, folio, 32.5 cms x 42.4 cms x 2.2 cms, 160 pages, full page colour photograpaphic landscape  imagery, condition: as new.

"This magnificently illustrated work is unique among the many photographic books on South Africa, for it presents a daringly original collection of pictures that invite the reader to look afresh at the country's natural and man-made landscapes. The majority of the images were captured from the air and provide stunning views of the surface of the land - its shapes, colours, patterns and textures - including the various effects of man's activities on earth's delicate and sensitive skin. . . . In these pictures Herman Potgieter has renounced the obvious and produced images of supreme originality. To do justice to photography of this calibre, the greatest care has been taken with all aspects of the book's design, materials and production, resulting in a truly remarkable publication of the highest quality that will provide immense delight and endless fascination." 

Text by South African Poet, Writer & Rhodes Academic, Guy Butler.