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Sebastian Posingis: Salt River - (Hardcover)

Name: Sebastian Posingis: Salt River - (Hardcover)
Brand: Steidl
SKU: 84897050
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In this book, German photographer Sebastian Posingis (born 1975) photographs the famed Sri Lankan garden of architect Geoffrey Bawa (1919-2003), described by its creator as a "place of many moods, the result of many imaginings.
88 Pages
Photography, Individual Photographers

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About the Book

In this book, German photographer Posingis photographs the famed Sri Lankan garden of architect Geoffrey Bawa, described by its creator as a "place of many moods, the result of many imaginings."

Book Synopsis

In this book, German photographer Sebastian Posingis (born 1975) photographs the famed Sri Lankan garden of architect Geoffrey Bawa (1919-2003), described by its creator as a "place of many moods, the result of many imaginings." In 1948, as Ceylon was slipping off the shackles of colonial rule, Bawa, then a young and reluctant lawyer, returned home from a decade of study and travel, and bought an abandoned rubber estate near the town of Bentota. He renamed it "Lunuganga" or "Salt River," and set out to transform it into a tropical evocation of the great landscape gardens of England and Italy that he had explored during his travels.

Fifty years later the garden was in its prime: trees had been felled and new ones planted, hills had been moved, terraces cut, and artworks had been installed. Today the garden survives, miraculously and precariously, and continues to within the pages of this book.

Specifications

Dimensions (Overall): 13.0 Inches (H) x 9.5 Inches (W)

Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up

Number of Pages: 88

Genre: Photography

Sub-Genre: Individual Photographers

Publisher: Steidl

Format: Hardcover

Language: English

Street Date: June 30, 2026

TCIN: 84897050

UPC: 9783958296206

Item Number (DPCI): 247-31-7159

Origin: Made in the USA or Imported

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