Hands:A Journey Around the World
Hands:A Journey Around the World
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Summary
Celebrates a vital area of communication - hands. This work presents a collection of photographs taken en route, all of which focus on hands. It contains captions that accompany each image detailing the owners' homes and lives.
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Hands:A Journey Around the World by Basil Pao
This eloquent and revealing book celebrates a vital and often ignored area of communication - hands. The renowned photographer Basil Pao, who has accompanied Michael Palin on his journeys from Pole to Pole, around the Pacific Rim, across the Sahara and through the Himalayas, presents a collection of his photographs taken en route, all of which focus on hands. Captions accompany each image detailing the owners' homes and lives.
Basil Pao is a Hong Kong-based photographer, who took the images appearing in all of Michael Palin's recent books, including Pole to Pole, Full Circle with Michael Palin, Michael Palin's Hemingway Adventure, Sahara and Himalaya.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780500513101 |
| ISBN 10 | 0500513104 |
| Title | Hands:A Journey Around the World |
| Author | Basil Pao |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Thames & Hudson Ltd |
| Year published | 2006-10-23 |
| Number of pages | 400 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |