The Mara

Product Description The Mara is an intimate, atmospheric record of the ebb and flow of daily life in Kenya s Maasai Mara National Reserve.Anup Shah has long been recognised as one of the masters of wildlife photography and here he returns to the land where he grew up, using innovative techniques to produce striking, up-close black and white portraits of the inhabitants of Mara's open plains.Shah's photographs capture the fiercely authentic personalities of the wild animals living there and convey the rhythm of the seasons, from the start of new life at the end of the rainy season, through to the hardships endured during the long, dry season.The images tell stories of anger, death, hope, arrivals and departures, and provide a startlingly fresh and rarely seen view of the cycle of life in this world famous reserve.This breath-taking book is the culmination of a life's study and gives us a unique window onto an ancient and imperiled world. Review 'Anup brings the wildlife into your living room.' --Lucy Davies, The Telegraph Arts Review'A breathtaking, stunning series of photographs.' --Liz Connor, Evening Standard'You look at the pictures and hear the snorting of the nostrils, feel the trampling of the hooves, and hear the roar of the lions.' --Irmgard Hockreither, Stern About the Author Award-winning photographer Anup Shah specialises in photographing wildlife. He is the author of four popular photographic books, 'Tales from Gombe', 'Circle of Life', 'African Odyssey', and 'Serengeti Spy'. Hörzu magazine named Anup as one of the five best wildlife photographers in the world and he was featured in 'The World s Top Wildlife Photographers'. He has won a number of categories in the prestigious Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition and is one of the 10 masters in the Natural History Museum book 'The Masters of Nature Photography'. Anup lives in Chippenham, Wiltshire, UK.