Barbados, Sun Sea, Superb! by Roger A. Labrucherie, Barbados RPCV
Barbados, Sun Sea, Superb! by Roger A. Labrucherie, RPCV
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Hardcover (March 1996) Imagenes Press; ISBN: 0939302306 Other Editions: Paperback
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Book Description Barbados, Sun, Sea, Superb! is a photographic-essay coffee-table book about the island of Barbados. It covers, in photographs, maps, and text Barbados's history, culture, people, flora, fauna, geography, and scenery, with a special emphasis on the touristic aspects of the island.
About the Author Born and raised in California, photojournalist Roger LaBrucherie began his exploration of islands in the late 1960s, when he undertook his training and service as a U.S. Peace Corps Volunteer in Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic.
His formal education as an economist and lawyer at Harvard College and Stanford University has enabled him to bring an unusually deep and analytical approach to his subjects. It is hardly surprising, therefore, that his works are as highly acclaimed for their... Excerpted from Barbados, Sun Sea, Superb! by Roger A. Labrucherie. Copyright © 1996. Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved "As my car crests the rise and plunges down Horse Hill road toward the Atlantic shore below, I search the still-dark eastern horizon with a photographer's anxiety: will this dawn bring that just-right balance of clouds and clear sky for a spec- tacular sunrise? Minutes later, with my tripod set up on the beach, I have my answer, and the sun rises majestically through the mist beyond Bathsheba's coral sentinels, as it has done for eons.
Just when man first witnessed this sometimes stunning scene...
