Extraordinary Chickens

by Stephen Green-Armytage

Hardcover, 2000

Status

Available

Call number

636.5

Genres

Collection

NonFic Labeled

Publication

Abrams (2000), 112 pages

Description

Stephen Green-Armytage's Extraordinary Chickens is back in a new chunky format. With gorgeous colour photographs and informative text, Green-Armytage surveys more than fifty breeds from around the world, capturing with his camera chickens of all sizes, shapes, and colours, plus detailed sections on chickens' curious feet and sculptural combs. Included are breeds developed in Japan, Malaysia, Britain, France, Italy, Belgium, Germany, Poland, Australia, South America, the United States, and elsewhere. For breeders and enthusiasts, this tiny yet comprehensive volume will be a treasure; for others it will be a revelation, worth having for the sheer enjoyment of the striking photographs and the amazing animals they portray. Its compact size makes it a wonderful gift.… (more)

User reviews

LibraryThing member readaholic12

I grew up in a rural area where chickens were commonplace, and a major commodity. Commercial chickens always seemed big, dumb and doomed to me. But the farmer's chickens, the varietals, were fascinating. I was thrilled when my daughter's kindergarten teacher incubated eggs in the classroom and

introduced us to this amazing book. Children and adults enjoyed this page turner filled with more chickens than you can imagine. Who knew chickens were so magnificent and photogenic? This book is a must for any one interested in chickens, species variation or animal photography.

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LibraryThing member grady.cameron

Your average city slicker (like me) has no idea that there are so many different types of really really WEIRD Muppet and buzzard and leper looking chickens.

This is a brilliant book of photographs that approaches a subject that most people prefer to ignore. The chicken is shown to be a beautiful,

sometimes funny, elegant creature. Green-Armytage treats the chicken with great respect, using a portrait style and interspersing the book with information and chicken breed comparisons.

This book is a must for fans of photography, portraiture, chickens, birds, or any design art that uses photo reference for materials and lines. Many of the portraits could easily be translated in line and form to clothing design, industrial design, or graphic design.

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LibraryThing member Cheryl_in_CC_NV

Absolutely gorgeous, and sufficiently educational for laymen like me. My only question was whether the crazy configurations the birds were bred to could be painful to them, but the birds are, accd. to Green-Armytage, healthy and amiable. Thanks for the rec. Petra X!

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