The Art of the Snowflake: A Photographic Album

Beautiful pictures illustrate Kenneth Libbrechts story of the microphotography
of snow crystals from the pioneering work of Wilson Bentley in the 1890s right
up to Libbrechts own innovations in the age of digital images. This edition is
a breathtaking look at works of art that melt in an instant.

The perfect geometry and exquisite beauty of nature is nowhere near as clear
to us as in the snowflake. As miraculous a feat of nature as the snowflakes
has been, have we ever been truly able to appreciate this infinitesimal wonder
in all its crystalline glory? Art of the Snowflake, as much a work of art as a
testament to science, reveals how one of the snowflake’s most inspired
photographers came to such intimate knowledge of his craft and its fleeting
focus.

Beautiful pictures illustrate Kenneth Libbrecht’s story of the
microphotography of snow crystals, from the pioneering work of Wilson Bentley
in the 1890s right up to Ken’s own innovations in our age of digital images. A
breathtaking look at the works of art that melt in an instant, this is a book
to flip through and savor, season after season.