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The defi nitive PRESS RELEASE Jonathan & Angela Scott the Big Cat People September 20th, 2016 £39 deluxe hardcover Large format; French-folded jacket isbn 978-0-9946-9240-5 366 x 286 mm; 288 pages 75 colour, 65 black & white images “ This outstanding gallery of photographs should redefi ne the ‘African photobook’ genre. They are simply stunning images, entrancing and profoundly beautiful. Frankly, I don’t know how to do them justice with words…” –Chris Packham “ Africa courses through the veins of Jonathan and Angie Scott - and it shows in this inti- mate collection of photographs. After a lifetime in the bush you’d expect them to produce something pretty good, but this is an absolute treasure. ” –Mark Carwardine “With page after page of breath-taking photographs, Jonathan and Angela Scott have captured the true spirit of the wild world in all its richness and vulnerability.” –Brian Jackman A work of staggering beauty that showcases the life work and extraordinary talents of Jonathan and Angela Scott. Big cats have been the focus of much of Jonathan and Angie’s work and the basis for a number of books, including three titles accompanying the hugely popular BBC television series Big Cat Diary or Big Cat Week that Jonathan co-presented. The Scott’s are at their happiest when they are focused on their own photographic projects or spending time in the bush. At these times their ancient Land Cruiser becomes their daytime home, packed with supplies of food, vehicle spares, cameras, and lap- top computers so they can keep writing in the bush. Wildlife photography requires great discipline; the patience to spend hour after hour waiting for the shot; the experience of knowing where to be when the action fi nally happens, and the determination to come back day after day until the project is com- plete – 14 hour days are the norm when the Scott’s are alone in the fi eld, often rising long before sun- rise and staying out until dark, at times even sleep- ing in the car if that’s what it takes to get ‘the shot’. SONG OF THE UNIVERSE Sitting beneath the star spangled sky in East Africa you sense the ancient forces of creation that gave birth to life on earth nearly four billion years ago spawning a web of living organisms of miraculous creativity and complexity nourished by soil and rainfall. “Look deep into Nature, and then you will understand everything better.” – Albert Einstein SACRED NATURE Life’s Eternal Dance by Jonathan & Angela Scott Over many years, Jonathan and Angela have graced our TV screens as they showed us the fragile beauty of the planet’s wildlife and the many dangers it faced in these modern times. Their sheer talent as photographers and the unique empathy their work reveals with their subjects is the stuff of legend and without rival – as evidenced in the thirty books they have published so far. However, this is the fi rst book created to celebrate two lives dedicated to their art and their passion - the Nature and Wildlife of Africa. It off ers the fi nest of their images reproduced at the highest quality on fi ne art paper in a large-format volume destined to hold pride of place in any library or bookshelf..