Above London

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Above London. Visitors to England who marvel at this lush land on their first incoming flight now have a volume to treasure forever. Here are the famed gardens, the majestic estates, the granduer of centuries of architecture. Along with Robert Cameron’s areial photographs Alistair Cooke’s text is brimming with the raconteur’s characteristic wit and insight. The pictorial essay begins at the Thames and follows the history of the beloved city well into the countryside.

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Weight 300 g
Dimensions 27.9 x 35.6 cm
Publisher name Cameron Books
Publication date 1 August 1980
Number of pages 160
Format Hardback
Contributors Photographs by Robert Cameron, Text by Alistair Cooke
Dimensions 27.9 x 35.6 cm
Weight 300 g

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Robert Cameron has been a photographer since 1921 when his father gave him a "Brownie" camera and encouraged him to use it. Cameron is now in his 90's and has published 16 of his "Above" books. He was a photographer for the Des Moines Register in the 1930's. Cameron learned the art of aerial photography during World War II, while shooting pictures of militaly installations for the War Department.Cameron is a member of the Royal Photographic Society and a member of the Presidents Council of the International Center of Photography. His work has been exhibited in Paris at La Bibliotheque Historique and the Foundation Mona Bismarck. In New York at the International Center of Photography, the New York City Municipal Arts Foundation. In San Francisco at the Vision Gallery, City Hall and the Pacific Center for Photographic Arts. In Chicago's O'Hare airport. In China at the New Gallery of Art in Shanghai and at the Forbidden City. Cameron is currently working on his highly anticipated new book "Above Mexico City".