Flowers [antikvár]

ACKNOWLEDGMENTSIt would be hard to imagine a more idyllic way to earn a livelihood than traveling around the world in search of flowers to photograph. However, many of the pictures reproduced in this book were achieved only after much preparation and planning. To all the people who assisted me in my travels, answered my queries, and provided technical information, as well as the companies that lent me equipment, 1 extend my grateful thanks. In particular, 1 should like to thank the British Council, Delhi; Dr. A. D. Duhon; Hasselblad (UK) Limited; Huntingdon Botanic Garden; Joseph Van Os Photo Safaris; Kodak Limited; Carol Leigh; Nikon UK Limited; Los Finos Centro de Fotografía; Occidor Adventure Tours Limited; Polaroid UK Limited; The RoyalBotanic Gardens, Kew; Workshops in the West; and Zegrahm Expeditions.1 especially wish to thank Colour Processing Laboratories for their efficient yet careful film-processing service; Valerie West for converting my handwritten script into an immaculate manuscript; and Lindsay Bamford, my photo librarian, for helping me select the final images. My husband, Martin Angel, hasas always encouraged me throughout and assisted me on some of my overseas trips. Mark Allison at Stackpole Books never failed to respond to my faxed queries, and he has been a great enthusiast of the whole project throughout. Jon Rounds at Stackpole was also tremendously helpful during the production stages.vii