National Geographic: The Photographs (National Geographic Collectors Series)

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This stunning volume used to be the gift book of the year when it first published, and the images that grace its pages remain iconic. From the famous Afghan girl whose haunting green eyes stare out from the book’s cover, and her poignant story that captured the world’s interest, to award-winning photography culled from the Society’s vast archives, The Photographs offers readers an inside look at National Geographic and a sharp-eyed view of the world. The book showcases the skill and imagination of such notable Geographic photographers as David Doubilet, William Albert Allard, Sam Abell, Jim Stanfield, Jodi Cobb, Jim Brandenburg, David Alan Harvey, and many more. They share their techniques, in addition to personal and colorful anecdotes about individual images and their adventures in the field—every so often humorous, every so often terrifying, at all times vividly compelling. Creator Leah Bendavid-Val writes about the photographers’ achievements from technical, journalistic, and artistic perspectives.

Five chapters cover core National Geographic themes—wildlife on land and water; cultures in the US and world wide; and science, from astronomy to archaeology to the human senses. The photographs in every chapter capture rare moments in nature and the lives of animals, in conjunction with defining events in the lives of people all over the place. This exquisite collection is as elegant as it is timeless.

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