Costa Rica from Above

Overview

With more than 200 unpublished images, the second volume of Costa Rica from Above brilliantly reflects the transformation of a territory and its inhabitants, as well as the artistic evolution of two photographers whose workshop is the Costa Rican sky, making it a very different book from the first one. The visual work of brothers Giancarlo and Sergio Pucci is complemented by the text, written by Jaime Gamboa, to build a provocative artwork in which the face of one of the most biodiverse countries in the planet is unveiled, revealing its unbounded beauty and inviting us to look within.

Author Biography

Jaima Gamboa is a philologist and musician. For twelve years after graduating with a degree in Business from the Costa Rica University, Giancarlo Pucci worked in managerial positions in mass consumer markets and the tourism industry. His role as an executive was gaining considerable momentum when he realized he needed to stop. He was lacking a meaningful purpose. Giancarlo took time to reconnect and reimagine. He quit his job, packed his bags and flew to Sweden. As part of this journey he obtained a Masters in Strategic Leadership for Sustainability. This experience, with 60 people from 26 countries, had a profound effect on him. Since then he works intentionally to generate collaborative communities. Sergio Pucci studied Business, photography and graphic design. Has practiced photography for more than 20 years and has worked as a free lance photographer for the last 15 years. He has participated in 16 individual and collective photo exhibits, including at the World Museum in San Francisco, California. The Munich Theater, Germany. Natural History Museum in London, and the Geraadsbergen Museum, Bélgium. In 2014 one of his images was selected by one of the most prestigious photography contests in the world, BBC & London Natural History Museum "Wildlife Photographer of the Year Photo Contest."