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Record Nr.

UNINA9910815243603321

Autore

Pickthall Barry

Titolo

Eileen Ramsay : Queen of yachting photography / / by Barry Pickthall

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Adlard Coles Nautical, , 2012

ISBN

1-4081-7843-5

1-4081-7842-7

1-299-15972-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (180 p.)

Disciplina

770.922

Soggetti

Photographers - Great Britain

Photography of sailing ships

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Title page; Contents; FOREWORD; CHAPTER 1 Eileen Ramsay; CHAPTER 2 Dinghy days; CHAPTER 3 Cowes Week; CHAPTER 4 Ocean racing; CHAPTER 5 Powerboats; CHAPTER 6 The Ramsay technique; PPL CREDIT; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; eCopyright

Sommario/riassunto

Eileen Ramsay was at the centre of a unique period in yachting history, and this wonderful book, featuring her classic photography, celebrates an extraordinary woman and her extraordinary subjects. Eileen's heyday was between 1957 and 1970 - a time when eccentrics ruled, records were there for the setting, and women weren't often to be found behind the lens. But Eileen established herself as one of the greatest yachting photographers of her time, taking famous portraits of such sailing icons as Sir Francis Chichester, Eric Tabarly, Olympians including Rodney Pattisson and Keith Musto, and hist