Burton Holmes Travelogues, The Greatest Traveler of His Time - Reviews
"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."
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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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"Genoa Caldwell hat aus dem Nachlass des 1958 verstorbenen Weltreisenden einen prächtigen Bildband zusammengestellt, in denen die Travelogues, wie er seine Diavorträge nannte, dokumentiert sind. Faszinierende Fotos aus der Anfangszeit der Reisens laden ein zu vergleichen. Was hat sich verändert in der Welt, was nicht … Die Länder sind in dem Buch alphabetisch aufgeführt und mit den Originalkommentaren von Burton Holmes aus jener Zeit versehen. Er hatte einen klaren Blick für das Wesentliche."Tagesspiegel, BerlinGermany |
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"Als Travelogues bezeichnet der Weltreisende Burton Holmes Anfang des 20. Jahrhunderts seine legendären Bildvorträge, wenn er aus exotischen Regionen heimkehrte. Holmes scheute mit seiner Kamera keinen Aufwand. Schließlich reiste er stellvertretend für Tausende von Fans, die nie von zu Hause wegkamen. Jetzt liegt ein wundervoller Bildband vor, der Holmes` Reisen dokumentiert, in prächtiger Kolorierung und Breitwandformat."Playboy, MünchenGermany |
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Burton Holmes Travelogues, The Greatest Traveler of His Time
Caldwell, Genoa (ED)
Holmes, Burton / Holmes, Burton Hardcover, 30.5 x 26 cm (12 x 10.2 in.), 368 pages, $ 59.99 |
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