Australia is a land of many faces. There is the Australia of the Aboriginal people, where every landscape is full of meaning. There is the Australia that the last two centuries have seen changed into a mosaic of cities and towns, farms and properties, wilderness wetland, aridland, bushland and managed National Parks and Reserves. There is the Australia whose fascinating life is sometimes not even suspected - the Australia of koala, platypus and kangaroo, amazing birds, remarkable reptiles, and fantastic undersea life.
This is the Australia that Steve Parish has been discovering and recording on film for over thirty years. For this superb volume in his 'Signature Collection', Steve has chosen to portray Australia's icons - those landscapes, buildings and places that define Australia for the visitor and which live in the souls of Australians.
Certain images come from the heart of this dry land and its people - no one could be unmoved by the majesty of Uluru blazened by the setting sun - while others, like the multi-hued stretch of Bondi Beach crowded with surfers and sunbaking bodies, are reflections of the modern life. Together, the shots in this book form an essay on the nature of Australia.
