A beautifully produced volume of Wilfred Thesiger's finest portraiture of tribal peoples taken over decades of travel in some of the remotest areas on the planet. Wilfred Thesiger's superb portraits of tribal peoples have earned him worldwide recognition as a photographer. Using a simple box camera which had belonged to his father, Thesiger began his photographic career during a short hunting trip in Ethiopia in 1930 and used the same camera to photograph hostile Danakil tribesmen when he returned three years later to ...
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A beautifully produced volume of Wilfred Thesiger's finest portraiture of tribal peoples taken over decades of travel in some of the remotest areas on the planet. Wilfred Thesiger's superb portraits of tribal peoples have earned him worldwide recognition as a photographer. Using a simple box camera which had belonged to his father, Thesiger began his photographic career during a short hunting trip in Ethiopia in 1930 and used the same camera to photograph hostile Danakil tribesmen when he returned three years later to explore the Awash river. Whilst in the Sudan, and now equipped with a Leica 35mm, Thesiger portrayed the Muslim tribes in Nothern Darfur, pagan Nuer in the Western Nile swamps and Nuba wrestlers. Among Ethiopia's Danakil he had travelled as a European accompanied by servants, but here he lived increasingly on equal terms with his followers and his photography mirrors this changed attitude. The dramatic visual impact of Arabia's deserts fully awakened Thesiger's latent talent for portraiture and composition. During his five years in Arabia from 1945-50 he was able to depict his Bedu companions with a sensitivity and power only suggested by his pre-war photographs. Conceived in the harshest of settings, these Arabain pictures bear eloquent testimony to the inspirational effect the desert had upon this great traveller. In contrast, tranquil images of reeds, waterways and lagoons characterize Thesiger's matchless portraits of the Marsh Arabs of Iraq -- in which he captures a world which has now completely disappeared. In the seldom visited regions of Kurdistan, Pakistan and Afganistan Thesiger took many photographs of their striking inhabitants who remained thoroughly unselfconscious in front of the camera -- as did the graceful tribespeople of northern Kenya and Tanzania later in Thesiger's eventful life. These unique portraits were all taken under exceptional conditions. Together they provide a magnificent pictorial record of diverse cultures and vanished worlds.
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First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 4to. Original publisher's black cloth, lettered silver at the spine. Wilfred Thesiger's superb portraits of tribal peoples have earned him worldwide recognition as a photographer. Using a simple box camera which had belonged to his father, Thesiger began his photographic career during a short hunting trip in Ethiopia in 1930 and used the same camera to photograph hostile Danakil tribesmen when he returned three years later to explore the Awash river. Copiously illustrated in black and white throughout. ISBN: 0007108370 Pages: 192 Fine in fine dust jacket.
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Good. Light wear & marks to the jacket with creases, nicks & tears to the edges. Wear to board edges. Foxing to the top edge of the textblock. Content is in very good, clean condition. 192 p. Contains: Unspecified. Includes: photographs, unspecified.
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Very good Good with small tear on lower ri jacket. First Edition. Hardback with dust jacket. Dust jacket is in good condition, with small tear on lower right front. Cover edges and corners in good shape. Spine is tight. Pages are clean, no markings, notes or stains. Ships from Friends bookstore to benefit Beaverton (Oregon) library.
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F in F jacket. F/F. 4to. original blue boards in dustwrapper priced £25.00; pp. 192, with numerous illustrations. Heavy item (1.5 kg), additional postage may be required for international delivery. A fine copy.
