In this book for toddlers, or for older children with a good eye, the text is mostly a setup for the unusual and beautiful images, as Berger follows a day's progress from the first pristine scene of morning to the evening's moody landscape, imprinted with the hollows of snow angels and glowing with warm lamplight.
Looking out at a landscape that moments before had seemed the very picture of purity and innocence, I struggled to absorb the idea that Cambodians had been torturing and killing Cambodians here just a few decades before, that corpses almost certainly underlay parts of this pristine scene.
"It's a pretty pristine crime scene," the official said, adding that there were no signs of blood.
That was the original plan for the new Microsoft operating system, a default desktop screen with a pristine countryside scene uncluttered by icons.
"More homey, cozy fun than the pristine, plastic scenes one might get in Manhattan".
Inside a four-story former warehouse in West Farms that serves as the group's home, students and staff members of the nonprofit group have been producing sachets and eye pillows in fabrics adorned with pristine Bronx River scenes.
The long sweep of beach here is brilliantly pristine, and the scene – fishermen with red betel-mouthed grins repairing nets beneath swaying palms – has changed little in decades.
No place is quite like Nantucket -- with a sophisticated culinary scene, pristine beaches, and charming artisan shops, it is a classic New England getaway.
The scene was pristine, almost abstract: a band of sky, beneath which the dunes and beach and ocean were broken only by a scattering of oyster-catchers and gulls, and the sea's soft tinnitus as our soundtrack.
What epitomises a production that I came to admire (Pippa Nixon's Ophelia who, heart-rendingly, performs the mad scene in pristine white bridal dress and veil, is stunning) is contained in the unusual stress-pattern Slinger gives to the play's most famous line: "To be or not to be, that is the question".
This lakeside town is perfect for summer adventures, with regular jazz concerts by the bay, a thriving antique shopping scene, and pristine beaches to explore.
