Frank Horvart - Virtual Zoo by Frank Horvat, Frank Horvat, Daniele Brolli, - October 1998

Smithsonian Books, October 1998. Hardcover. Used - Good. Smithsonian Institution Press is pleased to join Motta Fotografia, one of Europe's foremost publishers of photography, in presenting a series showcasing the work of postwar masters. Each book includes more than forty duotone or color images and represents an original approach to a particular theme by one of the century's finest documentary or fine-art photographers. Taken in zoos and then digitally manipulated, the forty-six pictures in this collection explore the boundaries of photography, highlighting the subjectivity of a documentary medium. Zebras in the California desert; a crocodile in the Loire, a buffalo in the Alps. In Frank Horvat's computer-enhanced world, native habitats become irrelevant and animals appear in alien settings where they nevertheless seem to blend in comfortably. Taken in zoos and then digitally manipulated, the pictures in this collection explore boundaries. 46 color photos.