Faces of the World
Title | Faces of the World PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2007-06 |
Genre | Portrait photography |
ISBN | 9780976501800 |
A lifetime project, this book contains vivid, eye-catching photographs of the many friends that Al Sadpour has made during his over thirty years of traveling the globe, at times to its most remote areas. Influenced by the inimitable Yousuf Karsh, Al has adopted his mentor's philosphy of focusing on those great in heart, mind and spirit, be they famous or humble. Photographed in their own environments, the very human subjects here reflect extreme diversity in ages and ethnic backgrounds -- yet a common theme runs through each of the pictures: the uniqueness of the Human Face.
Faces around the World
Title | Faces around the World PDF eBook |
Author | Margo DeMello |
Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing USA |
Pages | 361 |
Release | 2012-02-14 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 1598846183 |
This book provides a comprehensive examination of the human face, providing fascinating information from biological, cultural, and social perspectives. Our faces identify who we are—not only what we look like and what ethnicities we belong to, but they can also identify what religions we practice and what personal ideologies we have. This one-of-a-kind A–Z reference explores the ways we change, beautify, and adorn our faces to create our personalities and identities. In addition to covering the basics such as the anatomical structure and function of parts of the human face, the entries examine how the face is viewed around the world, allowing students to easily draw connections and differences between various cultures around the world. Readers will learn about a wide variety of topics, including identity in different cultures; religious beliefs; folklore; extreme beautification; the "evil eye;" scarification; facial piercing and facial tattooing masks; social views about beauty including cosmetic surgery and makeup; how gender, class and sexuality play a role in our understanding of the face; and skin, eye, mouth, nose, and ear diseases and disorders. This encyclopedia is ideal for high school and undergraduate students studying anthropology, anatomy, gender, religion, and world cultures.
Faces around the World
Title | Faces around the World PDF eBook |
Author | Margo DeMello |
Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing USA |
Pages | 743 |
Release | 2012-02-14 |
Genre | Social Science |
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This book provides a comprehensive examination of the human face, providing fascinating information from biological, cultural, and social perspectives. Our faces identify who we are—not only what we look like and what ethnicities we belong to, but they can also identify what religions we practice and what personal ideologies we have. This one-of-a-kind A–Z reference explores the ways we change, beautify, and adorn our faces to create our personalities and identities. In addition to covering the basics such as the anatomical structure and function of parts of the human face, the entries examine how the face is viewed around the world, allowing students to easily draw connections and differences between various cultures around the world. Readers will learn about a wide variety of topics, including identity in different cultures; religious beliefs; folklore; extreme beautification; the "evil eye;" scarification; facial piercing and facial tattooing masks; social views about beauty including cosmetic surgery and makeup; how gender, class and sexuality play a role in our understanding of the face; and skin, eye, mouth, nose, and ear diseases and disorders. This encyclopedia is ideal for high school and undergraduate students studying anthropology, anatomy, gender, religion, and world cultures.
Faces of the World
Title | Faces of the World PDF eBook |
Author | Anonymous |
Publisher | |
Pages | 226 |
Release | 2021-03-02 |
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Faces of the World
Title | Faces of the World PDF eBook |
Author | Patrick Michael Ashley |
Publisher | |
Pages | |
Release | 2021-01-11 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9781034245834 |
This is a beautiful collection of interesting portraits of men, women and children in their natural surroundings, usually in and around their homes and places of work, taken in a number of small towns and villages throughout Africa and Asia.
The Faces of World War I
Title | The Faces of World War I PDF eBook |
Author | Max Arthur |
Publisher | Cassell Illustrated |
Pages | 288 |
Release | 2014-08-04 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9781844037995 |
Charting the Allies' entry into warfare in 1914, Max Arthur tells the story in words and pictures of the new conscripted army's life through the five years of slaughter and suffering. He brilliantly conveys not only the heroism, but also the universal horror, futility, humour and boredom of warfare. From the front-line troops and the daily dice with death, to the support lines, communications, enlistment, training and propaganda, every aspect of the soldier's life is covered in this brilliant collection of images and interviews that brings the Great War to life once more.
Veterans
Title | Veterans PDF eBook |
Author | Sasha Maslov |
Publisher | Chronicle Books |
Pages | 146 |
Release | 2017-05-30 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1616896132 |
Ichiro Sudan trained to be a kamikaze. Roscoe Brown was a commander in the Tuskegee Airmen, the first African American military aviators. Charin Singh, a farmer from Delhi, spent seven years as a Japanese prisoner of war and was not sent home until four years after the war ended. Uli John lost an arm serving in the German army but ultimately befriended former enemy soldiers as part of a network of veterans—"people who fought in the war and know what war really means." These are some of the faces and stories in the remarkable Veterans, the outcome of a worldwide project by Sasha Maslov to interview and photograph the last surviving combatants from World War II. Soldiers, support staff, and resistance fighters candidly discuss wartime experiences and their lifelong effects in this unforgettable, intimate record of the end of a cataclysmic chapter in world history and tribute to the members of an indomitable generation. Veterans is also a meditation on memory, human struggle, and the passage of time.