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Face to Face: Ocean Portraits by Huw Lewis-Jones

We are delighted to announce that the second in our Face to Face series is now available, in association with Anova Conway.

Face to Face: Ocean Portraits is a stunning visual exploration of people who have been inspired by the oceans, who voyaged to the limits of possibility, who endured unfathomable hardships on the high seas, and who have broadened the horizons of our understanding – heroes of maritime and seafaring history alongside men and women of many nations working in the modern marine environment.

Veteran yachtsman Sir Robin Knox-Johnston provides the foreword, and award-winning RNLI lifeboatman and photographer Nigel Millard provides new photography for Ocean Portraits, which is also being released in France next month, published by Arthaud.

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Come face to face with those who have spent their lives off-shore, including naval veterans, hardy lifeboatmen, deep-sea divers, veteran surfers, inventors and innovators, long-distance swimmers, record-breaking rowers and famous skippers, to leading scientists, environmentalists and advocates for ocean conservation.

From weathered fisher-folk and salty sea-dogs to pioneering oceanographers and navigators, meet a crew of characters who have been drawn to the sea, to live, to work, to seek adventure; people who have been inspired by the sea to write, to compose, to dare and to dream.

Celebrating people from all over the world, including: France, Germany, Italy, Norway, Switzerland, USA, Canada, UK, Ireland, New Zealand, Australia and Russia. Ocean Portraits also features essays on the challenges and rewards of photography at sea.

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Reviews and customer comments for Face to Face: Ocean Portraits

‘One of the year's best photography books.’ - The Guardian

‘...a lavish 300-page tale of adventure and derring-do on and in the deep blue seas (and the follow-up to last year's equally bounteous Polar Portraits)...a truly magnificent book.’ - Sport Magazine

‘...a luminously produced new book called Face to Face: Ocean Portraits...sketches the outline of a discrete global community, a community separated by space and time, perhaps, but one bound together nevertheless by its members' shared passion for the sea.’ - The Scotsman

‘...not only a document of pioneering ocean photography but also a collection of absorbing portraits of those who have dedicated their lives to the sea...A wealth of information and imagery for keen photographers and history buffs alike.’ - Outdoor Photography

‘...a collection of historic portraiture alongside contemporary photography, the images commemorate those who repeatedly brave the elements – from naval veterans and lifeboat crews to deep-sea divers. It's portraiture at its best; personal, insightful and delightfully intriguing.’ - Wanderlust Magazine

‘A fabulous new photography book … it’s a revealing and inspirational look at characters who have shaped our understanding of the world’s oceans.’ - Traveller Magazine

‘…the overall theme is ‘Ocean Portraits’ and that theme has been interpreted as widely as possible. Images include the ancient as well as the modern. The portrait of an eye of a humpback whale is preceded by a sailor from 1917 and followed by a montage of 16 images, which include shoaling barracuda, a windsurfer, a deep-sea diver in hard hat and the crew of the submarine Resurgam in 1879. I particularly like the image of the US sailing ship `Granite State' aground on the Runnelstone in 1877 complete with seven well-dressed Victorian adults and three children viewing the wreck from nearby cliffs. Elsewhere, and by complete contrast, one can almost feel the excitement of the crew of a racing yacht fighting the elements to recover a sail whilst underway…I am often accused of being very harsh with my reviews and, perhaps occasionally, I am. Nothing, however, gives me greater pleasure than to publish a glowing assessment of any book complete with a full 5 Star rating and yet this book is worth so much more. This book is a delight. This book is a pleasure to hold and study. This book will show all photographers the way forward and gives us all the impetus to improve our skills. This book is a triumph on all fronts. This book will be studied time and again and will always provide the reader with yet something new that was not notice before. In a word, this book is `Outstanding!' If you are truly hunting for an excellent present for the photographer in your life - here it is!’ - Ned Middleton, Amazon UK

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