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Vanished World by Wilfred Thesiger (2002, Hardcover)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherNorton & Company, Incorporated, w. w.

ISBN-100393050866

ISBN-139780393050868

eBay Product ID (ePID)2141331

Product Key Features

Book TitleVanished World

Number of Pages200 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicSubjects & Themes / Portraits & Selfies, Individual Photographers / General, Photoessays & Documentaries

Publication Year2002

GenrePhotography

AuthorWilfred Thesiger

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height0.9 in

Item Weight39.1 Oz

Item Length11.3 in

Item Width9.1 in

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Dewey Edition21

Dewey Decimal779/.990982

SynopsisWilfred Thesiger's photography career started during a hunting expedition to Ethiopia at age twenty. Three years later he returned to explore the Awash River and photograph the ferocious Danakil, who were reputed to mutilate any traveler they encountered. In the Sudan he photographed the Muslim tribes in Northern Darfur, pagan Nuer in the Western Nile swamps, and magnificent Nuba wrestlers.The visual drama of Arabia's deserts was the backdrop to Thesiger's emergence as a master of the portrait. In that harsh environment he captures the striking faces of Bedu companions posing unselfconsciously for his camera. In contrast, tranquil images of reeds, lagoons, and waterways characterize his matchless portraits of the Marsh Arabs of Iraq, whose way of life has now completely disappeared. Subsequent journeys took him to remote areas of Kurdistan, Pakistan, and Afghanistan, and finally to northern Kenya, where he lived for many years.This book is the summation of a unique and magnificent career. Duotone photographs., A stunning photographic record of cultures at the farthest edges of civilization by the world's greatest living explorer., Wilfred Thesiger's photography career started during a hunting expedition to Ethiopia at age twenty. Three years later he returned to explore the Awash River and photograph the ferocious Danakil, who were reputed to mutilate any traveler they encountered. In the Sudan he photographed the Muslim tribes in Northern Darfur, pagan Nuer in the Western Nile swamps, and magnificent Nuba wrestlers. The visual drama of Arabia's deserts was the backdrop to Thesiger's emergence as a master of the portrait. In that harsh environment he captures the striking faces of Bedu companions posing unselfconsciously for his camera. In contrast, tranquil images of reeds, lagoons, and waterways characterize his matchless portraits of the Marsh Arabs of Iraq, whose way of life has now completely disappeared. Subsequent journeys took him to remote areas of Kurdistan, Pakistan, and Afghanistan, and finally to northern Kenya, where he lived for many years. This book is the summation of a unique and magnificent career. Duotone photographs.