Walking Magpie
Subtitle: On and off the Leash
Publisher: Thompson, George F.
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 135
ISBN-13: 9781938086113
Subjects: Landscape photography; Photography of animals
Description: "Walking Magpie is about a dog and what a dog sees ... In this book, Forsman took his Leica camera with him during his walks with Magpie, the family dog. Often these walks were in the neighborhood and surrounding hills where Forsman lives: near the Flatirons in Boulder. But Magpie joins Forsman on other adventures, from Alaska and the Northwest Territories of Canada to Florida, Ohio, and New York City. The intent is to turn these experiences into art. With each picture we sense mystery rather than clarity, questions about place rather than answers. We hardly can know what a dog knows, but with this book we can appreciate better what a dog sees and senses and experiences, helping the human and canine imagination to meld, at least a little"--Edited from jacket.