LF: Canadian Rockies Coffee Table Book Recommendation

[davidI]

I'm looking to buy a nice coffee table book with photos of the Canadian Rockies.

It's for someone who doesn't speak English so I'm more interested in good photos than writing/explanations, though something with mountain names and elevations would be great given that's basically universal.

Any suggestions? I'm searching Amazon but tough to know without flipping through them.

Edit - A couple I'm considering:
Summits Starlight
Splendour Canadian Rockies

[taemo]

can't go wrong with anything by Paul Zizka in terms of photography.

can you just buy a couple and return the ones you dont like?

[msommers]

Honestly I bet so many photogs on beyond could put together a compilation book. Support local haha

Paul has a couple from what I've seen in gift shops. John Price might as well...I'm sure there are lots out there. The name is escaping me now...he's done a bunch of photo guides from the Banff and Jasper areas...

[Mitsu3000gt]

Every photo book of the Rockies is broadly the same based on what I have seen (IMO) so unless you're looking for something specific I would just grab one of the two you linked to on Amazon, can't go wrong and they are full of nice pictures.

[davidI]

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can't go wrong with anything by Paul Zizka in terms of photography.

can you just buy a couple and return the ones you dont like?

I'm in Spain and ordering it as a gift for a couple who have taken me hiking in the Spanish mountains several times. If I was in Canada I'd go to a bookstore and check them out myself.

[sl888]

For Xmas, the in-laws got me Paul's latest, The Canadian Rockies: Rediscovered. If you'd like, I could upload a video of me flipping through the book.

[davidI]

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For Xmas, the in-laws got me Paul's latest, The Canadian Rockies: Rediscovered. If you'd like, I could upload a video of me flipping through the book.

A video would be sweet or even just your general impression if that's too much hassle. I'd like to avoid pages of text - just because they won't be able to understand it, but names or maps along with the photos would be good.

Edit: One of the Amazon reviews for it wasn't so great:

"Don't buy unless you like seeing a person in almost every picture. So much of the book focuses on activities rather than the landscape. The amount of night time shots with northern lights, city lights or head lamps is disproportionate and gets old very quickly. I was expecting something more informative and was hugely disappointed."

I don't mind people in the photos but am more after landscapes of the mountains than star shots or northern light shots or other cliche photos (which are stunning, no doubt, but not really specific to the Canadian Rockies).

[Brent.ff]

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A video would be sweet or even just your general impression if that's too much hassle. I'd like to avoid pages of text - just because they won't be able to understand it, but names or maps along with the photos would be good.

Edit: One of the Amazon reviews for it wasn't so great:

"Don't buy unless you like seeing a person in almost every picture. So much of the book focuses on activities rather than the landscape. The amount of night time shots with northern lights, city lights or head lamps is disproportionate and gets old very quickly. I was expecting something more informative and was hugely disappointed."

I don't mind people in the photos but am more after landscapes of the mountains than star shots or northern light shots or other cliche photos (which are stunning, no doubt, but not really specific to the Canadian Rockies).

this one sounds better for what you want:
https://www.amazon.ca/Grandeur-Canad...PGKPVBN9MVB9DE

[davidI]

Thanks - that does sound like the best choice!

[davidI]

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this one sounds better for what you want:
https://www.amazon.ca/Grandeur-Canad...PGKPVBN9MVB9DE

Ordered - thanks for the recco.