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Above Washington: A Collection of Nostalgic and Contemporary Aerial Photographs of the District of Columbia | 
 enlarge | Creators: Alistair Cooke, Robert Cameron
Publisher: Cameron & Company
Category: Book
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Rating:  6 reviews
Sales Rank: 97170
Format: Illustrated
Media: Hardcover
Pages: 160
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 3.5
Dimensions (in): 14 x 11.1 x 1
ISBN: 0918684080
Dewey Decimal Number: 917.5300222
EAN: 9780918684080
ASIN: 0918684080
Publication Date: August 1979
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Book Description
Above Washington. The Nation's capitol is here celebrated with the eye of history and a elan of today's headlines Never before have America's monuments been so dramatically and lovingly displayed, as shown by Robert Cameron's aerial views and introduction by Alistaie Cooke.
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 Interesting Perspective December 4, 2006
Washington DC Guy (Washington DC)
This book provides a unique perspective to a great city. Some similar "picture books" just provide photos of major buildings or important places but it's hard to determine how they all tie together. With this book you can clearly see how the pieces come together. It also does a nice job of showing Washington's beautiful open and green spaces - which is unique among major American cities. Adding a few historical photos is a nice touch.
I end up looking through these pictures on a regular basis.
Dazzling D.C. May 17, 2005
Shannon Deason (Houston)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I have always had a major appreciation of Robert Carmeron's work and this is one of his best. Granted it's hard to make Washington look bad, it's is so wonderfully laid out, but in this book she never looked better. Though the pictures are from the early 80's, most of the momuments are present and the city is timeless anyway. Mr. Carmeron is such a talent and the angles he gets are just amazing. If you love Washington, or just like great photography quite frankly, you will love this book.
Ordinary Joes Opinion January 20, 2004
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I sell books on Amamzon and I was listing this book and double checking it's conditon when I became drawn into the book.This is an excellent book for the history buff,school library,or for anyone who has never been to Washingtton CD. The before and after pictures are especially interesting. If you are planing a trip to the capitol this would be a good book to read and reread first. Then you could compare the views when you return . This would give you an excellent "feel" for the changing "life" of the capitol.
 A nice pictorial - with dated pictures December 21, 2002
Matthew J. Fery (Dayton, OH USA)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
Robert Cameron is undoubtedly one of the best urban aerial photographers in the country. However, the landscape of Washington has changed so dramatically in the twenty years since this book was released that anyone with a lot of knowledge about the area will be disappointed by what's missing.
It does contain a wide breadth of pictures, some which are definitely extraordinary. However, the book needs to be updated in order to capture the modernization in architecture and planning that has proliferated in Washington D.C. and the surrounding area since its initial publication.
The best of its kind January 5, 2000
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
Washington, DC is an unique capital city and Robert Cameron shares his birdeye's view with us in this marvelous volume. For residents and vistors alike, this is extraordinary record of the city, particularly the juxtaposition of old and contemporary photographs. Others try to emulate Cameron in this genre, but he is the master who makes it look easy.
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