The Shipping Forecast - Mark Power David Chandler - Hardback
	In "The Shipping Forecast", Mark Power documents the 31 sea areas covered by the forecast, which include, among others, Finisterre off the north Portuguese/western Spanish coast, Biscay off the north Spanish/western French coast, the Irish Sea, and southeast Iceland. One of Britain's leading photographers, Power's images have an almost mythical resonance. Here, in picture after picture, life itself appears to have lost its co-ordinates, movements are disjointed and frenetic, people wander aimlessly or gather in trance-like formations, lonely gazes stare out towards blank horizons. Yet despite this, the shipping forecast is a steadfast national narrative and symbol; for over seventy years it has given reports on an unstable, volatile 'exterior' against which the ideas of 'home' and 'nation' as places of safety, order, and even divine protection are reinforced. (ref: Magnum Photos) Copy and paste link below in your browser bar to see all photos within the book. http://www.magnumphotos.com/Archive/c.aspx?VP=XSpecific_MAG.BookDetail_VPage&pid=2K7O3R1HYCVE