Feature: A Time for Reflection

From the writer and photographer of **Shades of Nature** and **Art of Nature** comes **Reflection**, a poetic wildlife photography portfolio of staggering reach. **Reflection** represents a lifetime of work by award-winning photographer Heinrich van den Berg, not only behind the camera but as a writer, publisher and thinker.

Showcasing not only unforgettable photography, but also a groundbreaking design concept and poetic philosophy, **Reflection** is about the elements of change: their challenges, their victories, and their intimate links to the natural world. The book’s visual progression artfully interweaves these elements – Contemplation, Preparation, Action, Relapse, Maintenance, Royalty, Intelligence, Balance, Joy and Strength – with text that transcends the documentary and whose layers run deep.

From the striking monochrome and rich texture of Contemplation as the genesis of change, the book subtly and incrementally builds in colour and intensity, through the greys and sepia tones of Preparation, Action, Relapse and Maintenance, to the dusty, desaturated pinks and carmines of Royalty. The pace quickens with each warming colour shift to propel one to the book’s triumphant, deep-red end.

Heinrich van den Berg is an international award-winning wildlife photographer, an accomplished writer and a publisher. Based in South Africa, Van den Berg is well known for pushing photographic boundaries to create explosive images that are as beautiful as they are emotive. His artfully interwoven text coaxes the reader into the realm of philosophy and meditation.

To achieve such visual presence, Van den Berg is a thinking photographer, travelling extensively in search of unique images, always with an eye for the unusual and a new perspective of the familiar. His lens snares evocative moments that leave lasting impressions on all the pages of his carefully crafted books.

**Reflection** is the largest photographic book yet from the HPH Publishing stable. It is a groundbreaking work that promises to broaden perceptions of nature photography and art.**

            

**‘Reflection’ is available from leading bookshops nationwide.**

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