National Aviary Flock Featured in BIRD

A select group of the National Aviary’s birds are starring in the recently released book Bird, by photographer and filmmaker Andrew Zuckerman.

Bird is the sequel to Zuckerman’s runaway success Creature. In this new book, he turns his lens to winged creatures, shooting them against a stark white background to allow the complexity of color and texture to shine. Containing more than 200 photographs of nearly 75 species, each bird is depicted with rare insight, humor and wonder.

Bird is delightful and thought provoking, offering a glimpse of the most flighty members of the animal kingdom. Like Creature, this book is perfect for animal lovers, ornithologists, photography fans, and anyone interested in the natural world.

Among the National Aviary’s birds featured in the book are African penguins, scarlet macaw, Eurasian eagle owl, American kestrel, green aracari, military macaw, call duck, spectacled owl, hyacinth macaw and a blue-fronted Amazon parrot.

Approximately half the birds in the book were photographed at the Aviary last fall. The birds were photographed during a multi-day shoot that involved a team of Aviary trainers.

Bird is available at the National Aviary gift shop and at area bookstores, and lists at $60. Footage of the making of the book can be viewed at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AMhtAIHybnY


About the Contributors
Andrew Zuckerman is a New York–based photographer, author, and film maker. His work has been commissioned extensively for many leading international brands and has received many awards, including D&AD, One Show, BDA, and multiple annuals. His first film, High Falls, premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in 2007 before going on to win for best short narrative at the Woodstock Film Festival. Bird is his third photography book. Creature, a portrait series of animals, was released to critical acclaim and is now in its fourth printing. Wisdom, a book, film, and traveling exhibition, is an ongoing project made with the support of Archbishop Desmond Tutu. Andrew traveled the globe to photograph and interview the world’s most eminent elders, from Judi Dench to Nelson Mandela, creating a comprehensive account of their perspectives on life. His work has also been featured on Ellen, BBC, and Vanity Fair among others

Alex Vlack has produced documentaries for television and media installations for museums. In 2006 he co-founded Late Night and Weekends with Andrew Zuckerman, where they create books, films and broadcast content. He wrote and produced High Falls, and produced and co-directed Still Bill, a feature documentary about Bill Withers.

Massimo Vignelli is a designer of international acclaim. Together with his wife, Lella, he established the Vignelli Office of Design and Architecture in Milan in 1960 and Vignelli Associates in New York in 1971. The Vignellis have received numerous awards for their work, including the AIGA Gold Medal and the National Lifetime Achievement Award from the Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum in New York. They were inducted into the Interior Design Hall of Fame in 1988.

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Bird Video:
http://www.vimeo.com/5719819

Behind the scenes video:
http://vimeo.com/5701425

Additional Andrew Zuckerman Videos:
www.vimeo.com/azstudio

Bird
By Andrew Zuckerman
Introduction by Massimo Vignelli

296 page
Color photographs throughout
978-0-8118-7098-6
$60.00

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