Alex Webb: Istanbul: City of a Hundred Names

by Alex Webb and Orhan Pamuk

In "Istanbul: City of a Hundred Names," Magnum photographer Alex Webb displays his particular ability to distill gesture, color and contrasting cultural tensions into a single, beguiling frame. He presents a vision of Istanbul as an urban cultural center, rich with the incandescence of its past--a city of minarets and pigeons rising to the heavens during the early-morning call to Muslim prayers--yet also a city riddled with ATM machines and clothed...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1597110345
• ISBN13: 9781597110341
• Release Date: May 2007
• Publisher: Aperture
• Length: 136 Pages
• Weight: 2.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 10.1" x 12.0"