Namibia

by Marc Hoberman Michael Daiber Gerald Hoberman

This work presents a portrait of Namibia as seen through the camera lenses of Gerald Hoberman and his son, Marc. It features such images as the Namib desert, its dunes and mountains rendered in colours of apricot and lavender; a flock of flamingos flying across Sandwich Harbour lagoon; and the fog-shrouded Skeleton Coast, where ships come to grief in a capricious sea. The photographs and text also examine the country's people closely, from the San to the pastoral Himb, and the European influence does not escape the photographers' viewfinder either. Namibia was once part of the German empire and, as the photographs show, the colonial ambience still pervades the capital city and smaller towns.

80 pages, Hardcover

First published August 1, 1999

Reviews

[Anastasia · Rating 5 out of 5]

Don't let the cute small format of this book downplay the magnitude of photographs inside... The authors' (son & dad team) seem to make half the world fit inside an image.

Who knew Namibia had the world's largest meteorite? From the stunning coastline shots, to the painter's-mixing-palette-of-colors rock and plant landscapes, to the myriad kinds of dunes and river beds sculpted by the elements and time, to the people who've adapted early German settlers' traditions, and others who live by hunting and wear a few modest pieces of animal skin...

For me this was a super-enjoyable exploration of an African treasure I knew next to nothing about. Great lyrical details written to accompany the pix.