On The Move: Great Transportation Photographs from LIFE Magazine - Hardcover

Kornely, Maryann; Hirschfield, Jennie

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0821226223 ISBN 13: 9780821226223

Publisher: Little, Brown US, 2000

Synopsis

Airplanes, trains, bicycles, sailboats, automobiles, and even the Zeppelin: the available methods of transportation have multiplied dramatically over the past century. Some of the greatest photographers of LIFE magazine, among them Alfred Eisenstaedt, Carl Mydans, Andreas Feininger and George Silk, captured memorable images of the ingenious inventions that enable us to go from one place to another. These striking photographs, selected from the Time/LIFE archives provide entertaining yet informative insight on the human quest for motion. Accompanying the images are short excerpts from twentieth-century literature, including quotes from John Steinbeck, David Halberstam, Ernest Hemingway and Jack Kerouac.

About this title

Book Description:

A stunning collection of photographs on the theme of transport culled from the extensive archives of LIFE magazine.

Synopsis:

Airplanes, trains, bicycles, sailboats, automobiles, and even the Zeppelin: the available methods of transportation have multiplied dramatically over the 20th century. Some of the greatest photographers of "LIFE" magazine - among them, Alfred Eisenstaedt, Carl Mydans, Andreas Feininger and George Silk - captured memorable images of the ingenious inventions that enable us to go from one place to another. These photographs, selected from the "Time"/"LIFE" archives provide an insight to the human quest for motion. Accompanying the images are short excerpts from 20th-century literature, including quotes from John Steinbeck, David Halberstam, Ernest Hemingway and Jack Kerouac.

About this edition

• Publisher: Little, Brown US
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0821226223
• ISBN 13: 9780821226223
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 144
• Editor: Walter Natasha