Outer Banks Edge

Book excerpt: Awarded ?Best Book? by the Graphic Arts Technical Foundation for the Printing Industries of Virginia?s 2002 Best in Print awards, this collection of more than 100 stunning Outer Banks photographs is possibly the definitive volume of its kind. Photographer Steve Alterman shares three decades? worth of static images offering fresh perspectives of both familiar and out-of-the-way scenes from Corolla through Ocracoke. As Alterman writes, ?Like the colors and patterns of a kaleidoscope, the Outer Banks assaults the senses. The smell of salt air, the pounding of the surf, the colors of the sky, and the presence of the local people, plants and animals all combine to give these barrier islands their ever-changing moods.? His attempt to capture these elements on film has become an obsession, and we?re the fortunate recipients of his talent. This coffee table book makes a perfect gift item ? but be sure to keep one for yourself, for once you leaf through its pages, you won?t want to part with it.