Eye in the Sky develops and publishes glossy coffee table books on aviation, defence and travel. They are also open to joint projects, whereby an author may wish to self-publish and are seeking an experienced team to bring it to fruition. They recently produced ‘Boat People’ for author Carina Hoang. This was based on 40 interviews with survivors of the Vietnamese exodus from 1975 to 1996, complete with photographs from the time.
Some of our publishing projects include:
Beneath Southern Skies - 100 years of Australian aviation,
Beneath Southern Seas – celebrating the Australian submariner,
Robbie - the Robinson helicopter experience,
Western Australia Police – the world’s largest single police jurisdiction,
Boat People – personal stories from the Vietnamese exodus 1975 – 1996.
Current books in development include:
a. ‘Ruins, wrecks & relics‘ by Jon Davison
b. ‘Plane Crazy – the art of aviation photography’ by Jon Davison.
c. ‘Cities of Light – Perth and Fremantle’
d. ‘CHOGM 2011 – behind the scenes of Operation Demille’
e. ‘The last one standing – celebrating Western Australia’s turn of the century taverns’
Please email us to see more of these projects.
ESP was commissioned to produce the Centenary of the WA Police Union recently ‘Fruits of our Labour’. This was a three month project from concept to final files sent to the printer. The main task here apart from assembling all the elements and designing the book, was to restore all the archival images dating back to [...]
Email: sales@eyeinthesky.com.au to order your copy today! Out for February 2012! This new title covers the WA Police, the world’s largest single police jurisdiction. Alexis Bachofen and Jon Davison from Eye in the Sky have had unprecedented access into every aspect of the force, and their stunning photographs honour this unique world. Like all ESP’s titles, WA Police also uses [...]
Beneath Southern Seas is a fascinating look at the Australian submariner, one of the world’s oldest submarine forces. Our Collins Class diesel electric submarines are among the world’s most effective class of submarine. ESP spent just on 18 months with the RAN to capture the stunning photographs and first person interviews.
‘Robbie – the Robinson helicopter experience’ by Jon Davison, published in 2007 by Eye in the Sky. This was an awesome project that entailed Jon flying to 10 different countries to photograph Robinson helicopters at work. The book is based on interviews with operators from such varied locations as; Alaska, Norway, UK, South Africa, USA, [...]
ESP were honoured to produce this for author Carina Hoang. The book represents the memories and experiences of 40 people who survived this huge exodus. Carina is currently reprinting her second edition, this time in hard back. The book features archival images from the time period, plus contemporary portraits, and graphic illustrations by Corinne Lorraine.
As book developers, we conceive titles and place them out to publishers as joint projects. We currently have a number of titles that are in development. a. ‘Ruins, wrecks & relics‘ by Jon Davison b. ‘Plane Crazy – the art of aviation photography’ by Jon Davison. c. ‘Cities of Light – Perth and Fremantle’ d. [...]
