Africa by Craig Foster & Damon Foster & Michael Hutchinson
Africa (Illustrated Foster Brothers Africana in Dust Jacket)
A Photographic Tribute to Africa's Land, Wildlife and People from the Makers of The Great Dance
Bibliographic Specifications
- Title: Africa: Speaking with Earth & Sky
- Authors: Craig Foster & Damon Foster & Michael Hutchinson
- Publisher: David Philip Publishers, Claremont, South Africa
- Publication Date: 2005
- ISBN-13: 9790864866645
- ISBN-10: 0864866801
- Edition Details: First published 2005. Illustrated edition with foreword by President Thabo Mbeki.
- Binding: Publisher's cloth-covered hardcover boards in dark green/black with gold-stamped title, in an illustrated dust jacket.
- Physical Format: Large, near-square coffee-table format with full-colour photographic illustrations.
- Language: English
Official Condition Report
- The Book: Very Good (VG)
- Exterior / Boards: Dark green/black cloth boards with gold-stamped title. The boards beneath the jacket are clean, with slight bumping to the lower edge and one corner. The spine is straight.
- Interior: The text block appears clean and tightly bound. Orange-brown spotting or staining is visible at the right-hand edge of the front pastedown and first pages, and in the margin beside page 113. No other markings noted.
- The Dust Jacket: Present. The illustrated jacket shows light edge wear, with some whitish rubbing at the spine ends and corners, and a price/barcode sticker on the back cover. Protected in a durable archival-type plastic cover.
Synopsis & Historical Value
Africa: Speaking with Earth & Sky is a large-format photographic and written tribute to the continent's land, wildlife and people, drawn from more than ten years of filmmaking by brothers Craig and Damon Foster. Published in Claremont by David Philip in 2005, it carries a foreword by President Thabo Mbeki and text by Michael Hutchinson.
The book explores the relationship between Africans and their environment, including the long-held custodianship of the land by its inhabitants. It includes passages on San culture, among them trance healing, set beside the full-colour photography that is the brothers' hallmark.
For collectors of Africana, natural history and South African documentary culture, it is a handsome record of the vision behind the Fosters' celebrated films, and an attractive coffee-table volume in its original dust jacket.
Author Profile: Craig Foster, Damon Foster & Michael Hutchinson
Craig Foster is a South African documentary filmmaker and naturalist, and the originator of the Sea Change Project. He co-produced My Octopus Teacher, which won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature, and later co-authored Underwater Wild with Ross Frylinck in 2021.
Damon Foster is a director, cinematographer and editor, known for The Great Dance, My Hunter's Heart and Cosmic Africa. Together the brothers have won 75 international awards for their work, including the WWF Golden Panda.
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