Burton Holmes Travelogues, The Greatest Traveler of His Time - Reviews
"Das in seiner Zeit relativ neue Medium der Fotografie ermöglicht ihm, seinen Lesern/Zuschauern ungemein emotionale Einblicke in fremde Welten und Kulturen zu vermitteln. Jedem Träumer, der seit seiner Kindheit Abenteuer und Heldentaten mit dem Finger auf der Landkarte bestritt, vermitteln seine kunstvollen Bilder blitzlichtartige Einblicke, die die eigene Fantasie weiter anregen … Den heutigen Betrachter und Leser packt dabei zusätzlich die Melancholie einer in dieser Form nicht mehr existierenden Welt. Andere Länder zu bereisen und zu erleben ohne die störenden Nebenwirkungen des Tourismus ist immer der Wunsch des anspruchvollen Touristen. Darum beneiden wir Burton Holmes und bewundern ihn."lehrerbibliothek.de, MünchenGermany |
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"This lavish book distills the essence of the man and his work into a fascinating journey of its own, transporting the reader to a bygone world. The people he captured are so immediate it seems they could step from the pages, such s barmaids in an Alpine Inn, or a moving last goodbye in World War One... This is a book one will feel compelled to journey through again and again – with each visit offering fresh insights."Northern Echo, DarlingtonUnited Kingdom |
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"Burton Holmes fue uno de los grandes viajeros de su tiempo, que recorrió el mundo entero con su cámara. TASCHEN cuenta su historia y recoge algunos de sus textos y las imágenes de Holmes que nos remiten a un mundo menos globalizado en el que aún tenía sentido la palabra aventura."Fuera de Serie, MadridSpain |
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"Burton Holmes fue uno de los más grandes viajeros de su tiempo y un hombre de carisma y personalidad extraordinarias. Hizo del mundo su propio mundi, y paseó el globo por completo en varias ocasiones. La colección de fotografías que nos legó es incomparable."Gentleman, MadridSpain |
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"Before passenger planes opened the world to tourism, Burton Holmes, an eloquent Chicagoan with a Van Dyke beard and insatiable wanderlust crisscrossed the world by ship, train, camel and elephant with his large-format camera in tow. From 1892 to 1952 his ‘travelogues` enthralled US audiences, who filled concert halls to see his hand-colored lantern slides from every corner of the earth. Now we can share his viewfinders in the stunning book, Burton Holmes Travelogues."Christian Science Monitor, BostonUnited States |
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"This is a delightful book about Burton Holmes, a 19th and 20th century adventurer credited with coining the word ‘travelogue.` It is as stylish as its subject, an elegant man who affected white suits and pith helmets as he traversed the world, camera in hand. . . The book, with its images of places almost recognizably changed, is history and biography."Los Angeles Times, Los AngelesUnited States |
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"...a fascinating collection of his memoirs and illustrative photos from all around the world."
French Magazine, LondonUnited Kingdom |
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"These really are classics, photographed in a style so rarely even attempted these days, presented beautifully by a publisher that really cares about how these things should look."Outdoor Photography, LondonUnited Kingdom |
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"The photos in the book are emotionally powerful, images taken from a time long past, and the likes of which many of us will never see, and if we do view them, there is little question many of the photos and places would be radically different. . .The sunsets, landscapes, people, temples, mountains, and skylines all evoke images that take you right to that spot, and if you were there when Burton Holmes wielded his camera."Shelf Life, TorontoCanada |
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"A remarkable and engrossing read for photographers seeking retrospective knowledge of travelogue photography... This collection makes for a truly fascinating read and as it is probable that many of the images were among the first to document unseen locations in isolated places of the globe, the portfolio is even more spectacular."Digital Photographer, LondonUnited Kingdom |
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Burton Holmes Travelogues, The Greatest Traveler of His Time
Caldwell, Genoa (Editor)
Holmes, Burton / Holmes, Burton Hardcover, 30.5 x 26 cm (12 x 10.2 in.), 368 pages $ 59.99 |
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Burton Holmes, Travelogues Excerpts from: "Lost and Found. The Cinema of Burton Holmes." Bruce Nolte, Pasadena, CA (c) BHHC 2004 |
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