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Work: The World in Photographs
Contributor(s): Protzman, Ferdinand (Author)

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ISBN: 1426203012     ISBN-13: 9781426203015
Publisher: National Geographic Society
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Binding Type: Hardcover - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: April 2008
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Annotation: 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.

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BISAC Categories:
- Photography | Photoessays & Documentaries
- Photography | Collections, Catalogs, Exhibitions - General
- Photography | Subjects & Themes - Regional (see Also Travel - Pictorials)
Dewey: 779.933
Series: Collectors (National Geographic)
Physical Information: 1.05" H x 6.4" W x 6.8" L (1.53 lbs) 352 pages
Features: Dust Cover, Illustrated, Price on Product, Price on Product - Canadian
 
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Publisher Description:
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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