Bhutan:
A Visual Odyssey Across the Last Himalayan Kingdom checks in at more than 5 x 7
feet and weighs 133 pounds. Certified by Guinness World Records as the largest
published book in the world, it features 112 pages of spectacular images and
showcases a variety of digital, photographic and printing techniques. Each copy
is printed only on demand, and uses a roll of paper longer than a football
field, more than a gallon of ink and 24 hours' printing time.
The book - which covers the kingdom of Bhutan,
the last intact Himalayan kingdom - pushed the art of the possible, stretching
image-processing systems to their limits. The portraits of people are life-size
or bigger, and the panoramas convey some of the staggering sweep of the
mountains and the ancient architecture.
The book's creator, Michael Hawley of MIT, squeezed the
maximum image quality out of his professional-grade cameras and
on-demand-printing equipment, challenged a bindery to make the big book and
established that digital images are every bit as good if not better than
traditional film photographs. It is currently for sale on Amazon at $30,000.
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