Mask
Chris Rainier
$87.75
- Hardcover
252 pages
- Release Date
1 November 2019
Summary
2020 IBPA Awards Winner!
Mask presents a striking collection of rare masks steeped in ancient tradition, captured through the lens of one of the world’s most celebrated documentary photographers.
Celebrated photographer Chris Rainier has documented indigenous and endangered cultures worldwide. What began as a focus on the masks of New Guinea—where modernity threatened to erase ancient rituals and cultures—became an expansive journey to find and photog…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781683836452 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1683836456 |
| Author: | Chris Rainier, Pico Iyer |
| Publisher: | Insight Editions |
| Imprint: | Earth Aware Editions |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 252 |
| Release Date: | 1 November 2019 |
| Weight: | 2.56kg |
| Dimensions: | 305mm x 305mm |
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Chris Rainier
Chris Rainier is a documentary photographer and National Geographic Explorer highly respected for his documentation of endangered cultures and traditional languages around the globe. He is a fellow at the Royal Geographical Society in London. He has published books documenting traditional cultures, from the Stone Age tribes of New Guinea to the ancient tradition of tattoo body marking. Rainier is the director of the Cultural Sanctuaries Foundation, a global program focused on legally preserving biodiversity and cultural heritage. Rainier has photographed on all seven continents, focusing on the preservation of the planet’s last wildernesses and traditional cultures.
Pico Iyer is the author of more than a dozen books, including Video Night in Kathmandu, The Lady and the Monk, The Open Road and The Art of Stillness. His travels have taken him from Easter Island to North Korea, from Yemen and Ethiopia to Tierra del Fuego.
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