The 'edges' that photographer Harry Gruyaert, a member of the preeminent

Magnum photo-documentary group, explores in this incredibly

lush, full-color book, are the oceans, seas and rivers where humans

meet the edge and the water begins. This unusual, oversized volume,

which opens from the bottom up, takes the reader to Israel's Dead Sea,

the Mali River in Niger, the North Sea of Iceland, South Korea and

Biarritz, as Gruyaert s sensitive photos record the subtle chromatic

vibrations of the edges of the Orient and the Occident. This beautifully

produced photographic 'manifesto' reveals the profoundly poetic

character of Gruyaert's work, the sensual elegance of his faultless

compositions. An exciting book.