Around the World: The Grand Tour in Photo Albums

by Barbara Levine, Kirsten Jensen

Snapshots, passenger lists, itineraries, and From Cairo to Burma and back again, authors Barbara Levine and Kirsten Jensen transport readers back to the dawn of world travel when the middle class toured the world for the first time. In beautifully designed pages Around the World traces the development of the travel photo album. The book features a wealth of turn-of-the-twentieth-century photographs and ephemera, evoking the pleasures of a time when the surroundings were taken in slowly and travel was an art of itself.

208 pages, Hardcover

First published October 4, 2007

About the author

Barbara Levine runs project b, a curatorial services company specializing in archives, collections, vernacular photography, and artist projects. She was formerly director of exhibitions at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.

Reviews

[jj Grilliette · Rating 5 out of 5]

So much fun looking at all the photos! I will be looking through this book over and over again!