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A look at the planet. By Marie-Ange Ostré.

A look at the planet

  Between Two Journeys

Dear English-speaking readers, this page is an automatic translation of an article originally written in French. I apologise for any strange sentences and funny mistakes that may have resulted. If you read French, click on the French flag below to access the original, correct text: 


I like the way he looks at the world. I like his photographic work. Marie-Ange Ostré is a globe-trotter and diver, like me. She has just published her first book and it's a pleasure to rediscover her images in this way.

Another look

From Greenland to the Marquesas Islands, from Brazil to Namibia, from the Indonesian rice fields to the Bahamas lagoons, the photographer-blogger and globetrotter Marie-Ange Ostré takes us on incredible trips. And her sincere enthusiasm to share them, to tell them, to give us to see, through her eyes, these distant horizons, touches me a lot.

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A look at the planet. By Marie-Ange Ostré.
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Taking pictures has become commonplace, accessible to all, with the progress of digital technology. But taking pictures is different.

It is to look at the world, to have a point of view. And then, eventually, to dare to confront it, to submit it to other views.

"For years, I have not traveled without my camera; it is my alter ego, my road book, my accomplice and my reminder sometimes."

Marie-Ange's introductory words sum up the philosophy of this book. I can imagine what it must have cost her to sort and select the photographs she wanted to bring together in her first book. The texts that accompany them have the grace to remain short, to let the image speak.

Nature and encounters

Page after page, it is first of all a tribute to the splendor of nature, whether it is beach, desert, geyser or jungle. Landscapes conducive to escape, to dream, to wonder.

And then there are the looks and the faces crossed in these distant latitudes. Men and women who have transformed the journey into an encounter.

So far, so close... I like this "look at the planet" which goes beyond the easy aestheticism of exotic images. This glance posed with frankness and respect on the other.

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No doubt my perception is a bit biased: I read Marie-Ange's blog, A world elsewhereI've been a photographer for so long that I know the history of almost every one of these photographs! This familiarity explains why I have so much pleasure in admiring them again on paper (it's a change from the screen).

Nevertheless. We share a little the raw happiness that the photographer had to realize her images, I find... I have the impression to perceive the sensations which had to cross her at the time to release. The shock, the curiosity, the emotion. The shyness, too, sometimes.

The whole gives off a beautiful serenity, something soothing, which makes you want to travel the world. To take an optimistic look at the planet. And this, in spite of the author's warning messages, which remind us between two chapters of the threats which weigh on our Earth.

The beautiful adventure of this book, Marie-Ange Ostré has already told it on her blog. I invite you, via the links below, to follow her through her own words, she confides her joy as much as her doubts...
→ His book: A Look at the Planet

  Between Two Journeys

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  1. This book makes you want to buy it, or is it the way you talk about it that makes you want to buy it...I'm not sure I've understood correctly, it's only available on the web, isn't it?
    In any case, this new subject I like well! Thank you!

  2. @ Helen: Yes, the publisher has opted for online distribution. It is nevertheless on sale in a bookshop in the 11th arrondissement of Paris: Chemins en Pages, 121 avenue Ledru-Rollin.

    @Helene from Mauritius: I don't know if it's possible to have the book sent to Mauritius. You'd have to send an e-mail to the publisher to ask.

    @Pac': I saw on the site that it's still on sale in a bookshop in Paris (see the comment made to Hélène). But I too wonder about this method of distribution. Especially for a "beautiful book" of photography, it's the kind of work one appreciates being able to hold in one's hands before buying. To be continued, as I was saying...

  3. Yes, I think it was after reading one of your tweets that I searched our book database for a way to order this book, as I also like Marie-Ange's blog "Un monde ailleurs". Unfortunately, I hadn't found any distribution network... It's a shame as a distribution policy, even if it's understandable for cost reasons, because apart from blog readers who know the author's work, "potential" buyers who don't know Marie-Ange may be reluctant to buy online without having seen the book...

  4. Hello Corinne, and thank you for talking aboutA look at the Planet here... 🙂

    The process of publishing a book is a new one for me, I'm a sort of "book apprentice", but this adventure has been superbly enriching: seeing my digital images go to paper, watching my photos on screen transform into satin-finish material, it's been very moving indeed...

    The publisher himself is a newcomer who became enthusiastic about my image bank and is keen to develop the online sales mode to promote authors who don't have the necessary connections to enter through the big door of the "big publishers" (La Martinière, Le Chêne, etc.). I don't think its primary aim is to make a fortune, but rather to publish those who are less "visible" but still have potential. And I'm really pleased with this vote of confidence... The publishing house team is learning day by day, and working hard!

    Hélène from Mauritius > Yes, the book can be ordered on the order page of Tucana Editions by selecting, through the drop-down menu, the geographical area concerned. The book can be bought and sent around the world without any problem.

    Pac' > The distribution network for this book is slowly being set up, and even if the publisher wishes to give priority to Internet sales (buyers do trust Amazon.fr to buy their books!), this book is also distributed in the bookshop indicated above by Corinne, and since Friday in the Agora Presse bookshop, located at 12, rue de Passy in Paris, in the 16th arrondissement. The publisher is looking for other points of sale, and these will be indicated as they become available on the "Points of sale" page of the Éditions Tucana website. But it's also important to remember that booksellers are cautious about newborn publishers, and that in the pre-Christmas period they are already VERY busy with their distribution network, which - let's face it - costs publishers an arm and a leg, even if the result for the reader is to find books everywhere (bearing in mind that for those who haven't been on Drucker or Canal +, it can take a long time to find a book in the deluge of annual publications)...

    🙄 🙄

  5. PS: congratulations on the Coupe de l'Info selection of the best blogs of 2010! I've been away - and disconnected for 4 days - and I'm learning at the same time as you that we're going to be "competitors" for the Tourism category!

    Come on, I vote for you!!! 🙂

  6. @ Hélène from Mauritius: On the page Buy the book you have a "Shipping" option. I think that for Mauritius it is "World, except EEC and France" for a total, cost of the book + shipping, of 41.90 euros.

  7. @R .: Thank you for the info!

    @A World Elsewhere: Given your long silence, I thought you must be out of touch. I really like your book, and as a devotee of Un Monde Ailleurs, I really wanted to share it with others. I imagine (I hope) that other book projects will see the light of day... As for the Coupe de l'info, yes, I saw that we were "competitors"... 😆
    So, thanks for your vote, it's really nice!!!!

    @Helene from Mauritius: Now you know what you have to do... 😉

  8. A disconnection due to regional travel this time without leaving national borders (Vendée + Brittany eh yes! but not near Rennes) and therefore little time ... 🙄

    I'm already thinking about the concept for the next book of course, and the ideas are multiplying, I'm submitting them to my entourage, we're having little "brainstorms" and then I'm testing them on patient friends... But I already know the subject of the next book (and the 3rd, and the 4th!!!). I promise you'll like them (especially as they'll be more written than the first one).

    To tell the truth, my only problem is always the same: the lack of time !!! 8)

  9. @A World Elsewhere: What great news, so there will be many more books!!!! I'm looking forward to it... 🙂
    As for the lack of time, I know, I know... I have the same problem.

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