| Work: The World in Photographs (NG Collectors Series) |  | Author: Ferdinand Protzman
Publisher: National Geographic
Category: Book
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Pages: 352
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Dimensions (in): 6.5 x 6.1 x 1.3
ISBN: 1426203012
Dewey Decimal Number: 779.93317
EAN: 9781426203015
ASIN: 1426203012
Publication Date: April 15, 2008
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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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 It's about culture, way of life and, of course, work. October 4, 2008
Watch Video Here: http://www.amazon.com/review/R1CQYDD1E4ORTR The 190 evocative, wonderfully varied images collected from here span well over a century, from photography's early decades in the 19th century to the first years of a new millennium.
- A section from the book jacket
The collection of photographs showcases people of different jobs going about with their daily chores.
I like how each photo transports me to the scene where the photographer stood. One moment, I'm beside people cycling to work in the rain, the next, I'm watching workers mine sulfur. And it goes on and on. Although I might never visit these places, the feeling of being there just by looking at the photos is satisfying enough.
This book is not just about the different occupations, it's about religion, culture and people's way of life.
 Photographs of work around the world June 21, 2008
Another of the National Geographic mini books. This one would have been much better with a larger format. Similar to other National Geographic books dedicated to photography, such as "Behind the Lens", "The Milestones". People at work around the world. Interesting in showing people doing things we don't usually see in our Western culture.
 what is going on here? October 18, 2007
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
Sometimes with Geographic, the editorial staff choses images and as the reader im like 'What is going on here?'
There are very strong images in this book. I know some of the photographers as well, but some images ghave no relation to the theme of 'work' here. Geographic includes images that stimulate the viewer to think and that process is walking a thin line sometimes because some images need to be apparent and show the theme--in this case 'WORK' and they simply do not, in my opinion. I was disappointed. Redo this book and hire a different photo editor.
Disappointing February 1, 2007
0 out of 3 found this review helpful
I was disappointed by this book; many of the photographs do not even focus on work, and the rest are generally just sort of mediocre. Normally I would think of higher standards for a National Geographic book.
A powerful tribute to the world of work makes for an exceptional celebration. December 14, 2006
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Cultural writer Ferdinand Protzman explores some of the world's finest images of men, women and children at work, packing in almost two hundred images spanning some 150 years from the beginnings of photography to modern times. Eighty top photographers from around the world are featured - and some aren't even affiliated with National Geographic, either - making for a collection celebrating all kinds of work situations from farming and bullfighting to begging and snake charming and beyond. A powerful tribute to the world of work makes for an exceptional celebration.
Diane C. Donovan
California Bookwatch
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