Photographer Mark Laita unveils a pantheon of surreal, twisted and beautiful snakes in this electrifying collection. Inciting both allure and alarm, rearing king cobras, shining pastel pythons and vibrant green vipers slither across the page. From the iridescent Blue Malaysian Coral Snake to the candy cane striped Albino Honduran Milksnake, the aptly named Beautiful Pit Viper and the sinister Black Mamba, the world's most dangerous and gorgeous snakes are pictured in this book, showing off their fascinating colours and textures as well as the sensual forms their movement creates. Through Laita's lens, there is nothing they can do, no position they can take, that fails to be anything but mesmerising. Accompanying Mark's images is an illuminating essay by William T. Vollmann, winner of the 2005 National Book Award for fiction. Vollmann delves deeply into the mythology and symbolism of the serpents that haunt our collective human imagination, exploring themes of beauty, danger and evil.
以Apple computer , 厨家具品牌Crate and Barrel , Bmw , Ikea等等的广告拿下许多大奖的洛杉矶的摄影师 Mark Laita , 除了在广告摄影界的活跃之余 （他的广告作品还更广泛的包括了adidas , mini-cooper , communication art杂志…等等），利用自己在广告界所培养的高超摄影技术以及高级器材之便，更跨界创作领域出版了像sea，watercolour(以先端的摄影技术记录了至少百种的美丽海洋生物标本) , Created Equal… 等许多炙手可热且抢手的摄影集。
他最新的摄影集「Serpentine」，将过去一年周游美国和中美洲等不同地点去挑战拍摄了许多被这个世界上号称最凶猛最致命的毒蛇肖像照。关于这一系列主题为世上最致命的蛇类摄影集，他说：“蛇的吸引力与它的危险程度成...