National Geographic The Photographs by Leah Bendavid-Val

The two images that reached out and really impacted me are the one of the African wrestler's and the boy whose goats were killed by a runaway taxi. However, I latched onto many of the others more, most of which I had never seen because they were of times and places past. Yes, it's here and it's just as phenomenal as always. I've seen a lot of comments here (and elsewhere) about 'Afghan Girl,' which stands as the penultimate photo recognized as a National Geographic photo. One of the best collections you're bound to see (though I do like 'Life' magazine's photography almost as much), and a true testament to the human condition over the last 100 years.

The reaction is immediate every time you turn the page. A true gift of patience and persistence from some of the very best photographers our world has had.Įach image will (or should) startle, awe or grip you. She was Commencement Speaker for the University of Maryland Department of Philosophy, Class of 2008. She teaches writing and book publishing for photographers at the Santa Fe Workshops in New Mexico. She is co-author and editor of National Geographic Image Collection, on the New York Times Bestseller List in December 2009.īased on her Russia and National Geographic work, Leah Bendavid-Val has served as curator for exhibitions at the International Center for Photography, New York, the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington DC, the Pushkin Museum, Moscow, and other museums. Bendavid-Val is author of two books on the history of National Geographic photography- Stories on Paper & Glass (2001) and the best-selling National Geographic: The Photographs (1994), which is still in print. Books published in her program for popular and professional audiences have been translated into more than a dozen languages. Her two earlier books about Russian photographers and themes are Propaganda & Dreams (1999) and Changing Reality (1991).īendavid-Val is former Director of Photography Publishing for National Geographic Books. She is the author most recently of Song Without Words: The Photographs & Diaries of Countess Sophia Tolstoy (published in October 2007). Leah Bendavid-Val is a historian of photography who has worked with Russian photographers for more than two decades.

National Geographic The Photographs by Leah Bendavid-Val