"Forests, Glaciers and Whales" Author: [Japan] Michio Hoshino Publisher: Guangxi Normal University Press

Editor's Recommendation:

1. The masterpieces of the winner of the "Akutagawa Prize in Photography" are reproduced: "One photo, one box of film." 120 iconic polar photography works are selected to record the light and shadow of Michio Hoshino's 20 years of living in the Arctic.

2. The author's last journey in life is revealed for the first time: "Siberian Diary" (June 30-July 27, 1996) records the last moments of Hoshino Michio's life. Across the Bering Land Bridge, from Alaska to Siberia, the last touch of heroism.

3. 64-page paperback edition, paying tribute to the first Japanese edition: Three books in the Hoshino Michio Nature Library series, small format, easy to turn along the grain; comfortable for commuting and traveling; special color cover, eye-catching and wear-resistant. Bears accompany the wild fun, snow reflects the coolness, the body is still, but the heart is far away.

Contents:

"Forest, Glacier and Whale" is the last work of ecological photographer and travel writer Michio Hoshino. It was serialized in "Family Pictorial", but it came to an abrupt end when the author was attacked by a brown bear in the Kamchatka Peninsula and died. This interesting illustrated travel note mixed with anthropological field notes is praised by Michio Hoshino researchers as a peak and classic. In the book, he started from southeastern Alaska, went north, crossed the Bering Strait, and then went west, completing the cultural root-seeking journey from Alaska to Siberia, from America to Asia. On the way, the author recorded the meeting with the tribal elders, the process of finding the origin of the myth, and the three keywords of forest, glacier and whale connected with an eternal theme-time. Return to the wilderness, gain intuition and understanding from nature, and persevere in using photos and words to express the truth, and get happiness with experience and temperature.

Michio Hoshino is an eco-photographer and travel writer. He was born in Ichikawa, Chiba Prefecture, Japan in 1952. After graduating from the Department of Economics at Keio University, he followed his inner calling and went deep into Alaska to pursue polar scenery. He lived in the Arctic for 20 years and created a large number of photographic and literary works, becoming increasingly famous. In August 1996, he was attacked by a brown bear in the Kamchatka Peninsula and unfortunately passed away at the age of 43.

He won the 3rd Heibonsha Animal Photography Award in 1986, the 15th Kimura Ihei Award in 1990, and the posthumous Special Award from the Photographic Society of Japan in 1999. Later generations called Hoshino Michio "a natural photographer as famous as Ansel Adams."