Wander features Sean PalfreyâEUR(TM)s beautiful, varied and insightful travel photography and writings, exploring the joy of following a winding course. To wander is to travel without a fixed route or destination, to move idly through the world. Wander, the second volume in Sean PalfreyâEUR(TM)s photography book series, explores the joy of following a winding course. Palfrey is a renowned paediatrician and child health advocate, who travels the world with his work and for pleasure. His fascination with people, places and stories informs both his artistic and professional practices. Wander…mehr
Wander features Sean PalfreyâEUR(TM)s beautiful, varied and insightful travel photography and writings, exploring the joy of following a winding course. To wander is to travel without a fixed route or destination, to move idly through the world. Wander, the second volume in Sean PalfreyâEUR(TM)s photography book series, explores the joy of following a winding course. Palfrey is a renowned paediatrician and child health advocate, who travels the world with his work and for pleasure. His fascination with people, places and stories informs both his artistic and professional practices. Wander traces PalfreyâEUR(TM)s journeys across continents and cultures over five decades and features seventy photographs of remarkable places, from the Swartberg mountains in South Africa to the temples of Bali and the deserts of New Mexico, to name a few. In the text accompanying each photo, Palfrey explores the stories and myths of the localities as he recounts his experiences, thoughts and meditations in lyrical narratives. Wander depicts and describes vastness and intimacy, beauty and loss, heritage and change. Palfrey affirms photographyâEUR(TM)s capacity to spark our imaginations: âEUR¿Every photo here has a story, a back story, a then story, and a since story.âEUR(TM)Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Sean Palfrey has had an illustrious career as a paediatrician, Faculty Dean at Harvard University and Professor of Clinical Pediatrics and Public Health at Boston University. Simultaneously, Palfrey has spent a lifetime exploring the boundaries of image-making through photography, with his work as a doctor informing his practice. In addition to being a teacher, Dean and clinician, he served as president of the Massachusetts Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics, and he has been a legislative advocate for child health programmes and policies since the 1970s. Palfrey exhibits his photography in solo and group shows frequently in the USA.
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Introduction Wanders Afterword List of Works Colophon