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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Steve McCurry , Kerry William PurcellPublisher: Phaidon Press Ltd Imprint: Phaidon Press Ltd Dimensions: Width: 25.00cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 29.00cm Weight: 1.200kg ISBN: 9780714846408ISBN 10: 0714846406 Pages: 152 Publication Date: 09 October 2007 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsIntroduction by the author followed by one hundred colour photographs accompanied by extended captions providing background information on the images.Reviewsa /McCurry can make the hellish look heavenly - incredible photographs that change the way we look at our world - haunting and provocative imagesa - The Sunday Times Magazine a /these beautiful and often uplifting images, in finest documentary tradition, cross the boundaries of language and culture to capture the significant and the smaller stories of mankind.a - Daily Telegraph a /All the photographs selected for this edition are perfect compositions and the book is a must for anyone interested in appreciating the natural beauty of Asia and colour travel photography.a a Tribune a /a moving document of daily life amidst a staggering physical landscape and a politically turbulent one.a - Traveller a /extraordinary ... stunning ... it is McCurry's skill as a portrait photographer that makes this book so compelling. ... images as strange and beautiful as any Van Gogh painting. This is a book that is hard to put downa - Sunday Telegraph 'From frenetic street scenes to lyrical portraits, [McCurrya (TM)s] work captures the drama of life in a country he describes as at once pastoral and chaotic ... welcoming yet deeply inhospitable. - Financial Times 'McCurry can make the hellish look heavenly - incredible photographs that change the way we look at our world - haunting and provocative images' The Sunday Times Magazine, June 2005 'these beautiful and often uplifting images, in finest documentary tradition, cross the boundaries of language and culture to capture the significant and the smaller stories of mankind.' Daily Telegraph, July 2005 'All the photographs selected for this edition are perfect compositions and the book is a must for anyone interested in appreciating the natural beauty of Asia and colour travel photography.' Tribune, September 2005 Author InformationSteve McCurry has been one of the most iconic voices in contemporary photography for almost 40 years, with scores of magazine covers to his name, over a dozen books, and hundreds of exhibitions around the world. A member of Magnum Photos, he has created stunning images on six continents and countless countries. McCurry has been recognized by numerous awards, including the Robert Capa Gold Medal and National Press Photographers Award. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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