Wade Davis: Photographs

by Wade Davis
Publisher: Douglas and McIntyre

Book Description

In Wade Davis: Photographs, celebrated anthropologist and photographer Wade Davis selects 150 of his favourite photographs from the thousands he has taken in the course of his forty-year career. Intimate portraits of family and community life, they are universal in feel, although they represent an enormous diversity of geographical locations and cultural backgrounds. Each one captures a rich story about the human condition, and invites the viewer to experience scenes of family, magic, love, and tradition.

Author Bio

Wade Davis is a Professor of Anthropology at UBC. Between 1999 and 2013 he served as Explorer-in-Residence at the National Geographic Society. His recent book Into the Silencereceived the 2012 Samuel Johnson Prize, the top award for literary non-fiction in the English language. In 2016 he was made a Member of the Order of Canada.