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Stolen Moments (Book by Jérôme Maupoint)
Review by Jérôme Daoust. Created 2004/5/20, revised 2004/5/20-b.

Intent of this review : To help potential buyers decide if this book will meet their expectations.

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The Experience

This book reveals the merger of 2 passions : Photography and paragliding, where photography remains the dominant of this marriage, following the order that came to its author, Jérôme Maupoint. The author is portrayed as the classical I-follow-my-passions individual. Nothing less was expected. Text and captions are provided in both English and French.

Section 1 : Home.

Pictures and captions render the comfort of local terrain knowledge and its evolution through seasons.

Section 2 : Friends.

Many of the author's friends are profiled : Raoul & Felix Rodriguez, Greg Blondeau, Louise Crandal and David Eyraud.

This section reminds us how influential, passionate people can be.

Section 3 : Travels.

Pictures from India, Brazil, Mongolia and Morocco. The focus is not just on wings and aerial views but also people and lifestyles.

Section 4 : Perspectives.

This is a collection of the author's favorite images.

The book portrays multiple realities of flight : Aerobatics, Competition, XC and recreational (often without a helmet).

My favorite picture is on page 117.

Worth the purchase ? The book is expensive, but it is part of a rare group of those which qualify as worthy of creating a bit more chaos in a room, by leaving it exposed at all times. The non-flying spouse does usually not accept magazines lying around, but this one has a good excuse : It has Class.

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