The Playbook
Alex S. MacLean
Introduction by Susan Yelavich
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| ‘Frivolous fun – and oddly eerie’ | – The Sunday Times
Travel Magazine |
For more than thirty years, aerial photographer Alex S. MacLean has portrayed the history and evolution of the American land, from great desert spaces to agricultural patterns to city grids. Trained as an architect and having a close involvement with landscape heritage protection issues, MacLean’s pictures record the universal history of town and countryside, and raise the issue of the landscape’s future.
Here he turns his camera on the colourful, exhilarating world of America at play. From the beauty of perfectly symmetric sports stadiums to the spaghetti-like tangles of theme parks to picnickers on a stretch of splendid beach, he illuminates how we inhabit the land and the potential for modern planning to create spectacular environments. Susan Yelavich contributes the telling introduction.
Alex S. MacLean is a Harvard-trained architect-turned-
photographer pilot. He is the founder of Landslides, a company that specializes in aerial photography. His previous books include Designs on the Land: Exploring America from the Air, also published by Thames & Hudson. Susan Yelavich has written several books on contemporary design and is a regular contributor to I.D. Magazine.
Also of interest:
Designs on the Land: Exploring America from the Air
The Earth from the Air
Coastline UK: Amazing Views from the Air |
|  |  | | | | ISBN 0500513236 | | ISBN-13 978-0500513231 | | | | 18.0 x 20.5 cm | | PLC (no jacket) | | 126pp | | Illustrated in colour throughout | | First published 2006 | | | | £14.95 | | | |  | | | | 
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