- Hardcover: 160 pages
- Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing (Mar 23 1998)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0836264592
- ISBN-13: 978-0836264593
- Product Dimensions: 32.8 x 29.2 x 2.2 cm
- Shipping Weight: 1.7 Kg
- Average Customer Review: 1.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
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- #62 in Books > Arts & Photography > Artists, A-Z > ( G-I ) > Geddes, Anne
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Do you believe in fairies? If so, this book will delight you. "It wasn't produced for someone who isn't a believer in things magical," observes photographer Anne Geddes, who clearly is. What is also abundantly clear is that she appreciates the charm of babies and small children, and the role that fantasy plays in their young lives. Her tiny models become fairies, gnomes, sunflowers, water lilies, field mice, ladybugs, and peas in a pod in this amusing and endearing volume.
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From Kirkus Reviews
Australian photographer Geddes (The Twelve Days of Christmas, 1995) is well known for her, well, strange pictures of babies. Now she sets the tots Down In The Garden ($49.95; Sept. 15, 1996; 160 pages; ISBN 1-55912-017-7). In full-page color photos (even some gatefolds), we see babies as pea pods, babies in cocoons, one newborn with butterfly wings resting on a mushroom, babies in flowerpots with bouquets on their heads. Mostly, all you see of them are their baby faces: with happy, isn't-this-a-riot expressions; astonished, how-did-I-get-in-here expressions; and, occasionally, perplexed, how-do-I-get-out-of-here expressions. A sweet bouquet of babies. (First printing of 150,000; author tour) -- Copyright ©1996, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved.
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Over the past two years, the fact that I have been endeavoring to produce a "gardening" book has been a constant source of amusement to my family and friends, who know how I truly feel about toiling in the garden, and didn't think I would be bold enough to admit to it here. Read the first page
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Over the past two years, the fact that I have been endeavoring to produce a "gardening" book has been a constant source of amusement to my family and friends, who know how I truly feel about toiling in the garden, and didn't think I would be bold enough to admit to it here. Read the first page
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0 of 6 people found the following review helpful
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High Kitsch,
By A Customer
This review is from: Down in the Garden (Hardcover)
Geddes' manages to degrade and isolate her subjects. Her prehistoric "cutsie" images, though appealing to a kitsch market, do not allow for a social comment to transcend the visual confines of her exploitive commercial "photography". In some senses, she could be seen as a radical post-modernist artist, as she abstracts the subject from social normality and removes any dignity from the development of the child, if that was her so calling in contemporary art. Yet it is frightening to be in an age where people will grasp such superficially degrading images. Geddes has made a personal fortune off photographing babies, subjects usually positioned in inhumane circumstances (ie: babies in flowerpots or dipped in custard), which removes human dignity and allows us to question Geddes moral intent.
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4.4 out of 5 stars (21 customer reviews) 10 of 11 people found the following review helpful
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Magical Organic Baby Fantasies!,
By Donald Mitchell "Jesus Loves You!" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Down in the Garden (Hardcover)
Ms. Geddes fills her large, oversized color pages with stunning pictures of a whimsical garden populated by babies. Her tiny models appear as fairies, flowers, insects, birds, and other small animals in the garden. Her imagination will transform the way you see babies . . . and gardens forever. You'll be glad to have experienced her magical touch.The images are enlivened by simple texts of a few words just to help create a mood or a thought. The compositions are quite elaborate. One contains dozens of children dressed up in worm outfits, and then transposed onto an image of them all in tunnels underground in the garden. What an amazing effort this must have taken! One of her presentation techniques is to have a photograph inside a photograph. For example, there is a two page spread of a basket. Then, you can unfold the middle of the basket to reveal its babyish contents! In another place, she plays peek-a-boo with you by hiding one image within the photograph under a flap which you can open. When you do, the photograph's meaning totally changes. As wonderful as her imagination and compositions are, I think her finest gift is to capture the baby's personality while awake. The quality of the reproductions is extremely high, particularly considering that she is working with squirming infants in many cases. Here are my favorites in the book: Moth Orchid Triplets; Monica; Christopher; Aisha, Tayla and Grace; Wet Sparrow; Magnolia Bud; Sarah; Potting Shed; Starring Triplets -- Jim, Flora and Pearl; Window Planter; Strawberry Planter; Canterbury Belles; Ruby; Tea Pot, Watering Can and Milk Jug; Birdhouse; and Jessie. This book would make a wonderful gift for expectant parents. They would suddenly feel their budding love for the developing baby evolve in new ways. After you enjoy this book, consider where else a little magic and a dash of fantasy can create good feelings that will lead to more love and caring. How can you add those elements? Enjoy the perpetual freshness of birth and youth around you! 5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
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A Great gift idea!,
By A Customer - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Down in the Garden (Hardcover)
If you love babies, this book is a must have! I got this book a couple of years ago,my husband gave it to me for a x'mas present, I never get tired of looking at the cute babies featured at the book,Last year I was blessed with one.I'm looking up for books that my little one would enjoy by the same author, and I thought it wouldn't hurt to give a review to add to the list.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Well worth the price of admission!!!!!!,
By A Customer - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Down in the Garden (Hardcover)
When I first saw the cover of this beautiful book, I knew treasures were tucked inside. For a moment I hesitated because of the price. It is worth every penny and then some. It evokes such feelings of joy and wonder and shows the most beautiful part of all of us...our precious babies. Add it to your Christmas list! Thank you Anne for a captivating book that is overflowing with lush images of innocence.
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