Wolf Empire : An Intimate Portrait of a Species

by Barry, Scott Ian

• ISBN13: 9781599210537
• ISBN10: 1599210533
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2007-06-01
• Publisher: Lyons Press

Summary

From award-winning photographer Scott Ian Barry comes Wolf Empire--the most comprehensive and stunning visual record of wolves ever published in black-and-white photography. In this world of fur and teeth, texture and shape, light and shadow, Barry creates a highly intimate look at wolves and their often mystifying way of life. Each high-quality photograph is accompanied by a narrative in which Barry relates the circumstances that led to the taking of the photo, or some unique personal observation about wolf behaviour gathered from his more than thirty years of experience as a wildlife photographer. His great reverence for these magnificent animals comes through in frame after frame of wolves in varying degrees of harmony and aggression, excitement and tranquillity, cooperation and solitude--all part of their experience and essential to their survival. Barry's photographs show wolves for the individuals they are, a species as diverse as humans.

Author Biography

Scott Ian Barry's photos have been published by various publications and organizations, including The New York Times, the Smithsonian Institution, and the Sierra Club. He lives in Woodstock, New York.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgment	p. ix
Introduction: My Own Private Empire	p. xi
Siblings	p. 2
The Classic Wolf	p. 4
The Rivals	p. 6
Rage	p. 8
Star Power	p. 10
Symmetry	p. 12
Aria	p. 14
Something Pungent This Way Comes	p. 16
Wolf Shuffle	p. 18
Bottoms-Up	p. 20
Tilt!	p. 22
Lost in Space	p. 24
Ecstasy	p. 26
Movie Star	p. 28
Sculpted in White	p. 30
Getting Mushy and Get Lost, Kid!	p. 32
Conserving Heat	p. 34
A Wolf-Pack Portrait	p. 36
Tete-a-Tete-a-Tete	p. 38
Under Construction	p. 40
Foxy Lady	p. 42
Madonna on Guard	p. 44
Madonna at Rest	p. 46
Heads-Up	p. 48
The Warrior	p. 50
A Moment in Time	p. 52
Your Place, or Mine?	p. 54
It's a Bird! It's a Plane! It's	p. 56
Pressure!	p. 58
Surveillance	p. 60
Shadoweye	p. 62
Front Paw	p. 64
Rear Paw	p. 66
Venerated	p. 68
I May Be Old-But I'm Not Dead!	p. 70
Getting to Know You	p. 72
Make Your Mark in the World	p. 74
Serenity	p. 76
In Your Face, Baby	p. 78
Eye to Eye	p. 80
Which Way Did They Go?	p. 82
The Sentinels	p. 84
A Single Purpose	p. 86
Statuesque	p. 88
Get 'Im!	p. 90
Tag, You're It!	p. 92
Visage, Points Five	p. 94
Tactical	p. 96
Lost Opportunities	p. 98
Snacktime	p. 100
One Paw Raised	p. 102
The Cathedral Howl	p. 104
Tag-Team	p. 106
Salt and Pepper	p. 108
Three for the Road	p. 110
Father and Son	p. 112
Reflections	p. 114
Full Speed Ahead!	p. 116
In the Pink	p. 118
Angst	p. 120
Cornered	p. 122
Chorus	p. 124
Ahead by a Nose	p. 126
What's Up?	p. 128
Generations	p. 130
Blackwatch	p. 132
Don't Look at Me-I'm Naked!	p. 134
Bonding	p. 136
Hail to the Chief	p. 138
Bodacious and Reinforcements	p. 140
Snowflakes	p. 142
Soundwatch	p. 144
Reversal	p. 146
Just a Girl	p. 148
Survivor	p. 150
Take That!	p. 152
Tool-User	p. 154
Tailgating	p. 156
Alley-oop!	p. 158
Solace	p. 160
The Greeting	p. 162
Walk on By	p. 164
Relief	p. 166
Fur-Ellipse	p. 168
Preparation	p. 170
Morning Stroll	p. 172
Peekaboo	p. 174
The Veteran	p. 176
Low Bridge	p. 178
The Living Werewolf	p. 180
The Lonesome Trail	p. 182
Afterword	p. 184
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Excerpts

"Wolf packs are families in every sense of the word, as much as the human family--except with several major differences: wolves don't get divorced; they don't abuse or abandon their children; and they don't go on TV talk shows, spilling their guts about their failed relationships to other wolves.

 

Now which do you think is the more intelligent species?"

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