Cairo to Constantinople: Francis Bedford's Photographs of the Middle East
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- 出版社 Royal Collection Trust
- 出版时间 2013年3月
- ISBN 9781905686186
- 定价 599.70
内容简介
Inthespringof1862,QueenVictoriacommissionedtheleadingBritishphotographerFrancisBedfordtoaccompanyhersonandheir,thefutureKingEdwardVII,onanambitiousjourneyacrosstheMiddleEast.ThisbeautifullyillustratedbooktracestheirtourthroughoutEgypt,Palestine,Turkey,andGreecealongsideexcerptsfromPrinceEdward’sdiaryandothernewlydiscoveredarchivalmaterial,publishedhereforthefirsttime.Overthecourseofseveralmonths,Bedfordproducedmorethantwohundrednegatives,includingimagesofarchitectureandstunninglandscapes,fromabreathtakingviewoftheGardenofGethsemanetoshotsoftheGreatPyramidandtheSphinx.HewasthefirstChristiangrantedpermissiontophotographsacredsitesinJerusalem.Bedfordalsocapturedmanyphotographsofthepeopleheencounteredonthetour,bothlocalsandmembersoftheroyalparty.CairotoConstantinopleisthefirstbooktofocusonthephotographstakenduringPrinceEdward’stravelsintheMiddleEast.Takenduringatimeofgreatchangeinthearea,theseextraordinaryphotographswillfascinateanyonewithaninterestinthehistoryoftheMiddleEastorinphotography’sroleindocumentingcivilization.
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