A Steam Odyssey: The Railroad Photographs of Victor Hand - Hardcover

Victor Hand; Don Phillips; Jeff Brouws

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0393084310 ISBN 13: 9780393084313

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company, 2013

Synopsis

Unlike previous volumes among Norton's celebrated publications on railway photography, Steam Odyssey has an international bent: Victor Hand has taken photographs in more than fifty countries over the past fifty-five years. These photographs present his best work from around the world and show what a compelling subject the railway is. An introduction by well-known transport reporter and columnist Don Phillips explains how Hand became interested in railways and how his approach to the subject developed; extended captions provide historical context. The book includes an afterword by rail and photography historian Jeff Brouws.

About this title

Product Description:

Victor Hand began publishing his photographs in the American Trains magazine in the early 1960s and, like many enthusiasts, was inspired to record the last of steam as it was taken out of service. Over the decades he travelled further and further afield to find working steam and this portfolio presents a collection of his meticulous large-format, black-and-white photographs, from America in the 1950s to Europe, Asia, South America, Africa and China up to the 1990s.

About the Author:

Victor Hand has travelled the world photographing railways for the past fifty-five years. His work has been published widely in railway periodicals and books.

About this edition

• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 0393084310
• ISBN 13: 9780393084313
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 192