On Reading

By Steve McCurry

Book Overview

A celebration of the timeless act of reading - as seen through the lens of one of the world's most beloved photographers

Young or old, rich or poor, engaged in the sacred or the secular, people everywhere read. This homage to the beauty and seductiveness of reading brings together a collection of photographs taken by Steve McCurry over his nearly four decades of travel and is introduced by award-winning writer, Paul Theroux. McCurry's mesmerizing images of the universal human act of reading are an acknowledgement of - and a tribute to - the overwhelming power of the written word.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 071487129X
• ISBN13: 9780714871295
• Release Date: October 2016
• Publisher: Phaidon Press
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 2.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 11.6" x 8.8"