Mekong: A Journey of the Mother of Waters - Hardcover

Yamashita, Michael S.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1883489091 ISBN 13: 9781883489090

Publisher: Art Data, 1995

Synopsis

In 1991, Michael Yamashita embarked on a rare adventure, sponsored by National Geographic magazine, to document the Mekong from its holy source to its destination in the South China Sea. He climbed 17,000 feet up the Tibetan Plateau - what some call the "roof of the world" - to become the first Western photographer to photograph the source. From there, he spent six rugged months tracking this most glorious of rivers. He returned with stunning images not only of the river's wild waters, but of the people who live by and above them.
Yamashita's rich photographs of the varied cultures and peoples who inhabit the lands along the Mekong give a picture of the diversity of life in these regions never before covered in such detail. Many of the 73 images in Mekong: A Journey on the Mother of Waters will surprise the reader, as they are from locations rarely seen by outsiders.

About this title

Synopsis:

Capturing the power of the great Mekong river and telling its social history, a photographer documents his six-month journey--from the river's source sixteen-thousand feet up on the Tibetan Plateau to the South China Sea--in photographs and text. IP.

About this edition

• Publisher: Art Data
• Publication date: 1995
• ISBN 10: 1883489091
• ISBN 13: 9781883489090
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 132