Introducing EarthArt

EarthArt is a spectacular collection of breathtaking aerial photographs of the Earth’s surface – from the Bahamas to Iceland, New Zealand to North America and Europe to Alaska – ordered by colour to display the stunning variety of the colours of the Earth. Divided into colour-coded chapters (blue, green, yellow, orange, red, violet, brown, grey/black and white), EarthArt offers an astounding and rarely seen view of the world’s surface. The images are presented on a black background for maximum effect but in the jewel-bright pages of this book, the colour wheel comes to life.

Phaidon's production controller Adela Cory oversaw the making of EarthArt with no small amount of assistance from Edmaier himself.

"The biggest challenge with this book was ensuring that the printed pages matched up to the amazing photographs. The book is themed around its colours, and so we wanted vivid pigments, but we didn't want to saturate the pages so that the detail was lost. Fortunately, Edmaier supplied us with both digital files and his own reference prints of the photographs, so we knew exactly what he wanted. We used an Italian printing firm that makes incredibly high-quality photo books to produce this title. It was a challenging job, as each photograph is set within a black border, and there is unusually high ink coverage. To obtain the best possible result we used a special high-density black ink and applied a gloss varnish overall to seal the page and give it a beautiful finish. We have a good working relationship with Bernhard Edmaier, which made the title a little easier. He even went to the printers himself to pass the book's production and was fascinated by the process. It's nice to have an artist so heavily involved with the production process. In this instance, I think it really paid off."