Face to Face by Huw Lewis-Jones

Face to Face by Huw Lewis-Jones

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Presents an account of pioneering polar photography and modern portraiture. This book examines the history and role of polar exploration photography. It features the portraits of explorers, some of the earliest photographs of the Inuit, and images from many of the Heroic-Age Antarctic expeditions.

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Face to Face by Huw Lewis-Jones

Presents an account of pioneering polar photography and modern portraiture. This book examines the history and role of polar exploration photography. It features the portraits of explorers, some of the earliest photographs of the Inuit, and images from many of the Heroic-Age Antarctic expeditions.
AUTHOR DR HUW LEWIS-JONES is a historian and Curator of Art at the Scott Polar Research Institute, University of Cambridge. Formerly Visiting Fellow at Harvard University, and Curator of Imperial and Maritime History at the National Maritime Museum, London, Huw is also Research Curator of the FREEZE FRAME historic photography project and a consultant within media and broadcasting. PHOTOGRAPHER MARTIN HARTLEY specializes in documenting the most inaccessible parts of the planet. His commitment to capture the beauty of unadulterated landscapes and remote communities has taken him to some of the most challenging locations in the world. His work has been published in many major newspapers and magazines, including The Times, National Geographic. He has worked on 17 different polar expeditions.
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ISBN 13 9780901021083
ISBN 10 0901021083
Title Face to Face
Author Huw Lewis Jones
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher The Scott Polar Research Institute with Polarworld
Year published 2008-11-10
Number of pages 288
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.