Streets of the World (Hardcover)

200 countries; one street each; seven years of travelling and collecting photos, stories, facts and figures about each country. This is not just another photography book. It reveals everything that a street means to society: education, wisdom, youth, experience, happiness, stories, food, and so much more. This is the raw material of life, drawn directly from the experiences of the Belgian photographer Jeroen Swolfs. Seeing the street as a unifying theme, he travelled in search of that one street in each place - sometimes by a harbour or a railway station - that comprised the country as a whole. Each stunning image conveys culture, colours, rituals, even the history of the city and country where he found them. Swolfs sees the street as a universal meeting place, a platform of crowds, a centre of news and gossip, a place of work, and a playground for children. Swolfs's streets are a matrix for community; his photographs are published at a time when the unique insularity of local communities everywhere has never been more under threat.

General

Imprint:	Lannoo Publishers
Country of origin:	Belgium
Release date:	2018
Authors:	Jeroen Swolfs
Introduction by:	Mark Blaisse
Dimensions:	308 x 250 x 43mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	408
ISBN-13:	978-90-898974-5-9
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > Photography & photographs > Individual photographers Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history Books > Sport & Leisure > Travel & holiday > Travel writing > General Books > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history Books > Travel > Travel writing > General
LSN:	90-898974-5-3
Barcode:	9789089897459

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