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Susanne Åkesson (text)

Dalmatians and other Pelicans

Curious about Pelicans? Or is it the pelicans that are the most inquisitive? Brutus Östling's pictures and photo books have been praised by the critics and have become best sellers with more than 200.000 copies sold in five years. He is now back with a selection of astonishing photographs that will take your breath away. A remarkable photo-book about the Dalmatian Pelican in northern Greece and other pelicans of the world.

Brutus Östling's and wildlife writer Susanne Åkesson's book "Att överleva dagen" (Surviving the day) won the Swedish Publishers' Association August Award (the Swedish equivalent of Man Booker Prize) for non-fiction 2009.

Large format, 240 mm x 340 mm.

144 pages.

Click and download a reading-sample – pdf - from the book!

Send an e-mail to order the book – it will be delivered signed by the photographer.

EURO 23:- plus freight cost

Brutus was appointed to "Nature Photographer of the Nordic countries", 2007-2008.

In November 2007 Brutus Östling received the title Nordisk Naturfotograf ("Nature Photographer of the Nordic countries"), in a competition held every second year. Last time, in 2005, the winning collection of eight different photos belonged to the Norwegian photographer Pål Hermansen. Allowed to participate are all photographers from Norway, Finland, Sweden, Denmark and Iceland.

Brutus Östling
Örnarnas rike
(The Kingdom of the Eagle)
With text by Staffan Söderblom

Brutus Östling (photos) & Staffan Söderblom (texts)
The Kingdom of the Eagle
A & C Black Publishers
You can buy it from:
amazon.co.uk

For the second time in two years: Brutus Östling won the WWF Panda-prize with his new book about eagles.

Read the press-release>>

Reviews on The Kingdom of the Eagles:

"From the simple and stunning cover portrait of a sea eagle, through myriad other pictures of golden and sea eagles in flight, hunting, brawling, mantling prey, callinmg asnd at rersty - in all light and weathers - Östling's photos are revalatory... Staffan Söderblom's fine text augments the vivid imagery... Their book is a celebrastion of Sweden's magical wilderness."
John Fanshawe, BBC WILDLIFE MAGAZINE ("Book of the Month")

“With his new book The Kingdom of the Eagles, which is found in the bookshops from today, Brutus Östling once more shows in which class he is as a bird photographer ... In the swarms of pictures overwhelming us, Östling’s photographs have something that sticks out and catches your eye. It is all about seeing the birds as individuals and being able to communicate that feeling to the beholder. This is also what he succeeds in doing in his new book on eagles. The photographs are not pictures of eagles, but portraits of eagles ... Majestic images ... ”

Eskil Quiding, Sydsvenska Dagbladet

“You may look at his eagle pictures as many times as you like and discover something new all the time. On nature as well as on culture.”

Björn Gunnarsson, Göteborgs-Posten

“A magnificent volume on eagles. Unique pictures and fascinating texts”

Ingalill Mosander, Aftonbladet

“Brutus Östling takes nature photography into the twenty-first century.”

Dagens Nyheter

“It is a bliss browsing through The Kingdom of the Eagles. You look at the pictures of these imposing birds in a sort of philosophic amazement ... The Kingdom of the Eagles is in the same master class as its predecessors and yet you ask if he /Östling, ed./ has a personal relationship with the eagle, of all birds ... First you are fascinated by the pictures, then you start all over again, looking at the pictures and the text and being one with blue-cold heaven, ice-slush and  the yelling of the seagulls ... it is a pleasure listening to Söderblom when he guides the reader through the Edda and Homer, refers to earlier research and classical zoological works and provides us with information which is interesting from the point of view of nature conservation. His warm, poetic descriptions of various birds give the pictures a special kind of life.”

Marianne Ekenbjörn, Sundsvalls Tidning

“An extremely fine example of  how science sometimes benefits from being filtered through a pure literary or artistic expression is also the recent book The Kingdom of the Eagles by master photographer Brutus Östling ... That Brutus Östling’s pictures have added something radically new to the art of bird photography is now well known, and we who have tried to explain the greatness of these pictures are now not so few. It is not easy. Sometimes you get no further than the idle question: how the hell does he do it? ... Now, when reading Staffan Söderblom’s texts, I feel confirmed in thinking that the question how this guy does it is, if not totally irrelevant, then at least clumsily worded. Probably, the photographer does not think so much of technical things and the time of exposure; perhaps he is rather like the water-colour painter letting his hand paint what his eye sees, as if the brain were sort of disconnected. The birds depicted become something like a mirror – their personality tells us something about the soul of the photographer, and of the beholder ...  Östling does not photograph birds – he is. Fortunately, he brings his camera.”

Fredrik Sjöberg, Svenska Dagbladet

“With The Kingdom of the Eagles Brutus Östling completes his metamorphosis: from a publisher of philosophic and poetic works to a full-fledged bird photographer. The Kingdom of the Eagles is his masterpiece ... The competition in the business is extremely stiff, but what distinguishes Brutus Östling from others is his unspoilt amazement and humour ... Staffan Söderblom contributes, in a well-informed and cultivated way, with natural-history and poetic notes.”

Tommy Hammarström, Expressen

Brutus Ostlings new book for 2007:

Penguins

Photographs: Brutus Ostling

Texts: Susanne Akesson

HarperCollins.

Hardcover, 192 pages.

What is it about penguins that makes them so lovable? Perhaps we identify with their almost-human gait on land, or their ability to survive in the harshest of climates, or their extremely social nature.

Penguins is the rare book that combines a fabulous visual study of these creatures with up-to-date information on all seventeen species, from the largest (Emperor Penguin) to the tiniest (the aptly named Little Penguin). Through the text and pictures, the reader will learn all about life in their colonies, and how they live on land and sea, raise and feed their chicks, and manage their long, annual migrations.

Brutus Östling's amazing photography completely captures the nature of these creatures. Looking at the images makes one feel as if the birds were posing for the camera; Östling has a knack for capturing them in the most natural of settings, going about their daily activities, at work or at play.

Click here to see some pictures and read Brutus Ostlings story about the background (from the magazine FOTO, Sweden).

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Brutus Östling Nature Photographer of the Year 2006

The Swedish Environmental Protection Agency jury, including photographer Hans Strand, has presented Brutus Östling with this year’s Nature Photographer of the Year award. The prize sum is SEK 15,000. Included is also the free use of a cabin in one of the national parks run by the Agency. Previous years winners are Lars Bygdemark, Jan Töve and Staffan Widstrand.

Portrait-photography © Jenny Hargne