Coral Gardens
{{Short description|English translation of Korallengärten}}
{{About|the 1978 book by Leni Riefenstahl|the 1963 incident in Jamaica|Coral Gardens incident}}
{{Infobox book |
| name = Coral Gardens
| title_orig = Korallengärten
| translator =
| image = Coralgardensleni.jpg
| caption = First edition
| author = Leni Riefenstahl
| illustrator = Leni Riefenstahl
| cover_artist =
| country = United States, Germany
| language = English (translated), German
| series =
| genre = Illustrations
| publisher = List (Germany) HarperCollins (US)
| release_date = 1978
| english_release_date =1978
| media_type = Print (Hardback & Paperback)
| pages = 223
| isbn = 0-06-013591-3
| dewey = 500.9/14/2
| congress = QH95.8 .R5313 1978
| oclc = 4496714
| preceded_by = Die Nuba von Kau
| followed_by = Mein Afrika
}}
Coral Gardens is the title of the 1978 English-language translation of German film director Leni Riefenstahl's Korallengärten, an illustrations book published in the same year in Germany. The book was published by HarperCollins in the United States. It is the first of two book collections of underwater photographs, followed by Impressionen unter Wasser (Impressions under Water) in 1990.{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/1745806.stm| title=Hitler's filmmaker to release new film
| publisher=BBC|date =7 January 2002}}[https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D02E4DE153BF933A2575AC0A9659C8B63 Leni Riefenstahl, 101, Dies; Film Innovator Tied to Hitler] New York Times. 10 September 2003
Overview
The book illustrations are the result of photos taken by Riefenstahl during her scuba diving trips in the Indian Ocean in the 1970s.[http://www.leni-riefenstahl.de/eng/photo/p_unter.html Leni Riefenstahl photography]
See also
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Category:1978 non-fiction books