A Thousand Words: Photos From the Field

by Stacy Twilley, Christiane Amanpour (Foreword)

* Award-winning photography chronicling an impressive humanitarian response to conflict, crisis and disasters around the globe. Compassionate and extraordinarily moving photographs from the last twenty-five years of global relief in places including Afghanistan, Pakistan, Darfur, Angola, Rwanda, Somalia, Albania, Iraq, Indonesia, Kenya and the United States. * With a Foreword by award-wining journalist CNN Chief International Correspondent, Christiane Amanpour and photographs chosen by esteemed photography collectors -- including Richard Gere, Anjelica Huston, Mario Testino, Bruce Berman, and Eugenio Lopez -- and as well as photography curators from the Museum of Contemporary Art/LA, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) and the J. Paul Getty Museum, this stunning and inspiring collection of photographs represents the hope at the heart of humanitarian work around the globe. With quiet dignity and unsettling beauty, this book commemorates the 25-year commitment of an extraordinary global humanitarian relief organization, International Medical Corps (IMC).

311 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2009