This looks like a great gift. Photographer Andrew Zuckerman's strikingly detailed images of animals from around the world are as delightful as they are inspiring. This collection of astonishing studio portraits of 175 wild creatures from baby leopards to parrots, bears, mandrills, and many more are stunningly foregrounded against white backgrounds, depicting their subjects with rare sensitivity, insight, humor, and wonder. Zuckerman, an up-and-coming filmmaker whose first short film, High Falls, premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in 2007, has created a volume perfect for animal lovers, photography fans, and anyone fascinated by the world around us. Creature is a beautiful and thought-provoking look at the fragile wonders of the natural world.
Check out the official web site for lots of photos; Wired also has some previews, but art-dept is really the place to go. Here's what Style had to say: ... 300 pages of arrestingly detailed photographs of wild animals -- from a dramatic African crested porcupine and a playful Asian elephant to the elegant timber wolf and the smiling wild boar ...
If you like Zuckerman's work, you may also like Jill Greenberg. Creature, by Andrew Zuckerman | 
