"...Moon pays tribute to these endangered succulents, with dozens of breathtaking duotone portraits of some of the oldest baobab trees in Madagascar, Botswana, South Africa, and Senegal." - Architectural Digest
"Baobab is photographer Beth Moon-s tribute to the magnificent, threatened trees upon which cultures and ecosystems depend. . . In the face of such monumental losses, the photographs in Baobab amount to an ''act of defiance.''" - Foreword Reviews, starred review
A spectacular oversize photo book celebrating Africa-s most majestic trees?which are now facing an unprecedented ecological threat
Baobabs are one of Africa-s natural wonders: they can live more than 2,000 years, and their massive, water-storing trunks can grow to more than one hundred feet in circumference. They serve as a renewable source of food, fiber, and fuel, as well as a focus of spiritual life. But