Odysseys and photographs : four National Geographic field men : Maynard Owen Williams, Luis Marden, Volkmar Wentzel, Thomas Abercrombie

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Title:

Author:

Bendavid-Val, Leah.

ISBN:

9781426201721

Physical Description:

224 pages : chiefly illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm

General Note:

Includes index.

Contents:

Introduction / Gilbert M. Grosvenor -- Maynard Owen Williams, National Geographic Field Man 1919-1953 / Leah Bendavid-Val -- Luis Marden, National Geographic Field Man 1934-1976 / Mark Collins Jenkins -- Volkmar Wentzel, National Geographic Field Man 1937-1985 / Viola Kiesinger Wentzel -- Thomas Abercrombie, National Geographic Field Man 1956-1994 / Gilbert M. Grosvenor -- Epilogue / Sam Abell -- Publications in National Geographic Magazine.

Corporate Subject:

National Geographic Society (U.S.)

National Geographic Society (U.S.) (OCoLC)fst00531786

National Geographic Society.

Subject Term:

Photographers -- Biography.

Photographers. (OCoLC)fst01061605

Photograph.

Photographie.

Genre:

Biography. (OCoLC)fst01423686

Added Author:

Bendavid-Val, Leah.

Electronic Access:

Table of contents http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0819/2008023361.html

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Summary

Spanning almost a century of global upheaval and riveting human drama, this magnificent book follows the careers of Maynard Owen Williams, Volkmar Wentzel, Luis Marden, and Tom Abercrombie--a stellar quartet of National Geographic photographers who used their cameras to record a truly remarkable era.