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Work: The World in Photographs 
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Leah Bendavid-Val

Work

The World in Photographs 

Leah Bendavid-Val

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English
National Geographic Society
01 October 2008
Photographs: collections
This new, compact format of one of National Geographic's quintessential photography books will appeal not only to purchasers for whom price is a consideration, but also to gift-givers looking for something unique and to impulse buyers, who may be attracted by the novelty and price value.

National Geographic is pleased to present our new Collectors Series. Each volume is a fresh presentation of one of our world-famous photography books. Our first volume, Work, showcases this most universal human pastime through images culled from National Geographic's vast photographic archive as well as other important collections. This fascinating, wide-ranging volume presents a wonderfully varied group portrait of people at work—in great cities and tiny villages; in 19th-century China and 21st-century New York; in fields, factories, food carts, four-star restaurants, and just about everywhere else we earn our keep. Here are cowboys and clowns, shepherds and shopkeepers, street musicians and artists' models all plying their assorted trades; on one page a professional quarterback fires off a pass as the crowd cheers him on, on the next a lone fisherman casts his net in the silent solitude of a Pacific lagoon, and on the next a nomadic tribesman erects a yurt on the Mongolian plain.

From the glamour of a Parisian fashion show to the grit of an African diamond mine, there are countless ways to make a living. Work illuminates scores of them offering revealing glimpses into various eras and cultures and engaging the reader with entertaining text and informative captions.

With a wonderful mix of the utterly unexpected and the instantly familiar, this vivid panorama takes an essential human activity and shows us myriad ways in which work is at once universal and delightfully, unforgettably unique.
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Imprint:   National Geographic Society
Country of Publication:   United States
Dimensions:   Height: 173mm,  Width: 160mm,  Spine: 27mm
Weight:   694g
ISBN:   9781426203015
ISBN 10:   1426203012
Pages:   352
Publication Date:  
Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Ferdinand Protzman is an award-winning writer, culture critic, and contributing editor to Art News magazine. He is the author of Landscape- Photographs of Time and Place (2003), Wide Angle- National Geographic Greatest Places (2005) and Love (2008). His essays, reviews, and features have appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The International Herald Tribune, and The Harvard Review.

Reviews for Work: The World in Photographs 

.,. the vivid images showcase the grit and glory of the grind. -- People . ..the vivid images showcase the grit and glory of the grind. -- People .. .the vivid images showcase the grit and glory of the grind. --People


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