Image and Exploration
Book description
In the second half of the 19th century, unprecedented advances in technology resulted in the collision of travel and photography. Explorers were able to document their journeys, hauling enormous amounts of equipment over arduous terrain. The results were breathtaking. This collection of photographs takes readers on a historic global tour…
Why read it?
1 author picked Image and Exploration as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
Not only am I enthralled by the large images of lost places and people, but I am in awe of the fact that the photographers even reached some of the wildest places on earth with over a hundred pounds of camera equipment and boxes of mostly poisonous chemicals.
I will never again complain about sitting in the cold or the heat with my lightweight 35mm camera, waiting for the lighting to be just right.
From John's list on travel photography books that make the past come alive.
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