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Encounters: A Photographic Journey
Embark on a voyage of adventure with award-winning writer and photographer Levison Wood, as he explores his most significant encounters with conflict, heritage and community at the edge of the world.
Encounters brings together 15 years of Levison's photography for the first time, telling the incredible stories of the world's most remote places and the people who live there. With his unique experiences in extraordinary locations and his eye for compelling compositions,Levison has created a memorable and powerful collection of images that shows the true stories of his adventures from ground level.
Chapters include Frontiers, Levison's intrepid ventures to remote environments; Conflict, documenting his time spent in war zones; Heritage, his encounters with traditional civilizations; and Community, his experiences of unprecedented hospitality around the world.
Encounters brings together 15 years of Levison's photography for the first time, telling the incredible stories of the world's most remote places and the people who live there. With his unique experiences in extraordinary locations and his eye for compelling compositions,Levison has created a memorable and powerful collection of images that shows the true stories of his adventures from ground level.
Chapters include Frontiers, Levison's intrepid ventures to remote environments; Conflict, documenting his time spent in war zones; Heritage, his encounters with traditional civilizations; and Community, his experiences of unprecedented hospitality around the world.
224 pages, Kindle Edition
Published September 17, 2020
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December 29, 2021
A photographic journey
Fascinating insight into cultures around the world. This book shows people in their environments which the reader will never experience. The narrative explained each photo and the circumstances behind each image.
Fascinating insight into cultures around the world. This book shows people in their environments which the reader will never experience. The narrative explained each photo and the circumstances behind each image.
July 6, 2024
I own this book and love to look at Lev's beautiful photograph and accompanying stories. I enjoy his writing style and all his adventures.
May 12, 2023
Sergei lives in the frozen wastes of Yakutia, travelling the 'Road of Bones' with his herds of reindeer to sell skins at the local market. Temperatures in this part of Siberia can plummet to -60 degrees Celsius.
Women of the San and Bantu communities fish using traditional handmade baskets on the edge of Okavango Delta. When they catch nothing, they resort to eating the flowers and stems of water lilies. ... I spent a month walking across Botswana following a herd of elephants .. One of these women told me she had tragically lost her father to a charging elephant nearby just a few years earlier. Many locals I met said they should have a right to kill the elephants, but this lady disagreed, believing the elephants have as much right to exist as us, and that humans are just guest in the elephants' ancestral land.
Women of the San and Bantu communities fish using traditional handmade baskets on the edge of Okavango Delta. When they catch nothing, they resort to eating the flowers and stems of water lilies. ... I spent a month walking across Botswana following a herd of elephants .. One of these women told me she had tragically lost her father to a charging elephant nearby just a few years earlier. Many locals I met said they should have a right to kill the elephants, but this lady disagreed, believing the elephants have as much right to exist as us, and that humans are just guest in the elephants' ancestral land.
April 28, 2024
Great photography and writing. I can understand why the photos were organised based on the chapter topics, though I generally prefer when they are gathered by location so you can get a better feel for a certain place.
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