LAND OF LIGHT published November 2024 - available now!
"Land Of Light" with its beautifully hand-crafted presentation box. As a high quality coffee-table book, the cover was printed digitally to ensure a much greater resistance to any colour fading, after which it was matt-laminated to reduce finger prints. The titles were then over-printed in silver foil and the end result is very striking."Slice Of Heaven", Mimiwhangata Bay, Northland"Sunshine and Sky Blue", Mokau, TaranakiSpring in the Rangitikei."Circle Of Life", an incredible wave splash I captured at sunset as the wave broke over a rock (near Karamea, West Coast).The Aldermens off the coast of Tairua and Paunaui, Coromandel Peninsula. The following pages in the book feature an aerial sunrise shoot over the islands, it's like another world over there.An incredible and very rare display of native Mistletoe in beech forest, Ahururi Valley, Canterbury. Southern Rata in bloom, Arthurs Pass.Pitt Island (off Chatham Island), showing Mt Hakepa, the first inhabited place in the world to greet the new day.A sea cave at Doughboy Bay, Stewart Island (with Stewart Island kiwi!)"Turning Tides", Doughboy Bay, Stewart Island.The last chapter "INSIGHTS AND TECHNIQUE" goes into great detail behind 12 selected scenes, with background images and technical information.Another detailed story behind my adventure to Nelson Lakes in April '24, which I timed with perfect weather.
Collector's Edition - personally signed, 232 pages, 220 photographs, approx 18,000 words
Includes handcrafted presentation box, dimensions 272mm x 377mm x 38mm, total weight = 2.7kg
$180 incl. GST within NZ / $157 tax free if sent overseas
Each book is shipped individually in its own custom carton.
Payment options:
Direct credit 02-0496-0008822-00 Peter Latham Photography (please note your name as reference)
Credit card - please advise and I'll forward a link to my secure PayPal payment site.
If you'd like me to write any personal message opposite page 1 where I sign, I can happily add that for you.
“Over the weekend, my mum who's 87, sat down and read the whole book from cover to cover - words & pictures! She thought it was the loveliest book she's ever seen.“