America's Deep South is everything a place can possibly be: Beautiful, mysterious, wild and free. No doubt, the US-Gulf states of Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Florida are absolutely unique on our planet. Giant Southern Oak trees are wearing beards made out of Spanish Moss and some of the world's most picturesque endless, white beaches, where the water of the Gulf can change from a tranquil Turquoise to wind-whipped Midnight Blue in mere minutes, and all of this filled with a plethora of wildlife in the sky and on the ground..
Award winning photographer Christoph Stopka has a very special affinity for this fascinating region of North America - especially to the extraordinary beauty of its still intact Nature. And his admiration shows in each and every one of the stunning images he has selected for this photo book. From mesmerizing sunrise cloudscapes over the Gulf to lush, jungle-like bayous, from flocks of pastel-pink Spoonbills and sunbathing turtles to dramatic close-ups of alligators in the wild - in his exceptional photos Stopka captures the essence of the Deep South simply masterfully. Printed on layflat pages, Stopka's full page photos and double page panoramas literally suck the viewer into the incredible landscapes and his remarkable images often become true visions of art.