Journeys in the wild : the secret life of a cameraman / Gavin Thurston ; [foreword by Sir David Attenborough].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Thurston, Gavin, 1962- author.

Contributor:

Attenborough, David, 1926- writer of foreword.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Thurston, Gavin.

Television camera operators--Great Britain--Biography.

Television camera operators.

Nature cinematography.

Great Britain.

Genre:

Biographies.

Diaries.

Autobiographies.

Physical Description:

427 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

London : Seven Dials, 2019.

Summary:

From Gavin Thurston, the award-winning Blue Planet II and Planet Earth II cameraman with a foreword by Sir David Attenborough comes extraordinary and adventurous true stories of what it takes to track down and film our planet's most captivating creatures. Gavin has been a wildlife photographer for over thirty years. Against a backdrop of modern world history, he's lurked in the shadows of some of the world's remotest places in order to capture footage of the animal kingdom's finest: prides of lions, silverback gorillas, capuchin monkeys, brown bears, grey whales, penguins, mosquitoes - you name it he's filmed it. From journeys to the deepest depths of the Antarctic Ocean and the wide expanse of the Saharan deserts, to the peaks of the Himalayas and the wild forests of the Congo, Gavin's experiences describe much more than just the incredible array of animals he's filmed. He invites you to come inside the cameraman's hidden world and discover the hours spent patiently waiting for the protagonists to appear; the inevitable dangers in the wings and the challenges faced and overcome; and the heart-warming, life-affirming moments the cameras miss as well as capture.

ISBN:

9781841883137

1841883131

9781841883106

1841883107

OCLC:

1117309005