National Geographic: The United States of America XXL
Description
The United States of America with National GeographicA grand tour of the USA through the magazine's rich archives
Travel through time and across the country with this state-by-state tour of the United States over the past 100 years. Following on from the critically acclaimed National Geographic: Around the World in 125 Years, the volume brings together more than 700 captivating images from the magazine's illustrious archives to chart a century of change and growth from Alabama to Wyoming.
State by state, these remarkable images bring a vivid account of a vast, evolving, and diverse North America, from breathtaking landscapes to advancing industry, evocative rural life to burgeoning towns and cities. We travel from the ski slopes of Colorado to the jazz bars of New Orleans, from the luxurious Hollywood hills to a barbershop in Kentucky, and from Manhattan's Chinatown to a river baptism in Mississippi. Along the way, the tour takes in the gamut of photographic evolution, shifting from early black-and-white and autochrome images of the 1920s and 1930s into midcentury Kodachrome, then the harder-edged reportage of the 1970s and 1980s, and finally the digital images of the 1990s through to the present.
With an introductory essay by photography editor David Walker, as well as prefaces to each state section and fascinating storytelling captions, this book celebrates not only the world's greatest photography magazine but also the people, history, and beauty of the United States in all its kaleidoscopic glory.
Product Details
Price
$300.00
Publisher
Taschen
Publish Date
December 29, 2016
Pages
964
Dimensions
18.5 X 4.25 X 12.0 inches | 26.9 pounds
Language
English
Type
Hardcover
EAN/UPC
9783836561556
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About the Author
Jeff Z. Klein worked at The New York Times for 19 years as an editor and reporter. Prior to that, he was an editor at The Village Voice, and has authored several books about sports as well as writing for TASCHEN's popular 36 Hours series. He currently divides his time between New York City and Buffalo, where he produces a series on regional history for Buffalo's NPR station.
During three decades as an editor, writer, and photographer, Joe Yogerst has lived and worked on four continents including Asia, Africa, Europe, and North America. His writing has appeared in National Geographic, Conde Nast Traveler, Travel + Leisure, the Los Angeles Times, and the International Herald Tribune among others. He has authored numerous travel guides for National Geographic, and has been the recipient of four Lowell Thomas Awards from the Society of American Travel Writers. He currently lives in a small beach town between LA and San Diego.
Born in Wilmington, North Carolina, to a free mother and an enslaved father, David Walker moved to Boston in 1827 and sold secondhand clothing, aided fugitive slaves, and worked on his famous pamphlet until his mysterious death in 1830, soon after the publication of the pamphlet's third edition.
Reuel Golden is the former editor of the British Journal of Photography and the Photography editor at TASCHEN. His TASCHEN titles include: Mick Rock: The Rise of David Bowie, both London and New York Portrait of a City books, Andy Warhol. Polaroids, The Rolling Stones, Her Majesty, Football in the 1970s, the National Geographic editions, and The David Bailey SUMO.
Reviews
"The United States of America isn't any old coffee-table book. Presented as a state-by-state tour, spanning 100 years, every picture is so real, so of-the-moment, you feel you're in the back of a pick-up truck with the photographer the moment he/she pressed the shutter button."--The Telegraph, London
"The United States of America is a celebration not just of the magazine's excellent and timeless photography but also the people, history and wonder of America."--itsnicethat.com
"The United State of America is both timely and poignant. [...] ...the book's two volumes overflow with iconic photographs of spacious skies, majestic mountains and the details of life in the USA."--The Chicago Tribune
"At moments when civilisation finds itself poised on the precipice of a daunting new era, it's all too easy to forget the monumental events both political and socio-cultural that the world as we know it has already withstood. [...] TASCHEN's weighty new release The United States of America serves as an unequivocally grounding reminder that not only is history perhaps the greatest educational resource of them all, but also that everything is transient."--anothermag.com
"...a stirring account of the country's diverse populations, cultures, landscapes, and industries."--Dwell.com
"...an armchair tour through our collective history."--Wired.com, New York
"The United States of America is a celebration not just of the magazine's excellent and timeless photography but also the people, history and wonder of America."--itsnicethat.com
"The United State of America is both timely and poignant. [...] ...the book's two volumes overflow with iconic photographs of spacious skies, majestic mountains and the details of life in the USA."--The Chicago Tribune
"At moments when civilisation finds itself poised on the precipice of a daunting new era, it's all too easy to forget the monumental events both political and socio-cultural that the world as we know it has already withstood. [...] TASCHEN's weighty new release The United States of America serves as an unequivocally grounding reminder that not only is history perhaps the greatest educational resource of them all, but also that everything is transient."--anothermag.com
"...a stirring account of the country's diverse populations, cultures, landscapes, and industries."--Dwell.com
"...an armchair tour through our collective history."--Wired.com, New York
