Chris Steele-Perkins

André Velter

These photographs are drawn from four trips Steele-Perkins made to Afghanistan during the course of four years. In the midst of a complex civil war, he captures the continuing cycles of everyday life. Includes and introduction by the French essayist and traveller André Velter and essays and verses by the Afghani poet Sayd Bahodine Majrouh, who was assassinated in Pakistan in 1988.

Afghanistan

Richard Smith

The Teds

Chris Steele-Perkins presents a sweeping, unique record of what he thinks makes England truly English.

A Photographer's Portrait

England, My England

A dazzling and idiosyncratic collection of photographs of contemporary Japan, celebrating extremes of beauty, the handprint of techno-culture and the irony of documentary, by noted British photographer Chris Steele-Perkins, member of Magnum and winner of numerous awards including the Tom Hopkinson Prize for British Photojournalism and a 2000 World Press Award. A meditation on modern Japan and Japanese life, these exquisite images offer a fresh and surprising view of the wealth of culture flourishing below Japan's iconic mountain.

Images of Contemporary Japan

Fuji

Photographs use the leisure activities of Britons of a variety of classes and social groups to express a view of contemporary British society

The Pleasure Principle

This classic series by legendary Magnum photographer George Rodger introduced the Western world to the Nuba peoples of Sudan. In 1949 the photographer and co-founder of Magnum Photos, George Rodger, learned of the Nuba tribe while traveling in the Kordofan region of the Sudan. Remarkably, he was granted permission by the Sudanese government to take pictures of these striking people, who lived as their ancestors had centuries before. After publication in National Geographic magazine, these pictures--as well as Rodger's fascinating journal entries from the shoot--have not been available to the wider public. Now, Rodger's rare softly colored Kodachrome images are gathered in a sumptuous volume, and introduced in an essay by photographer Chris Steele-Perkins. Beautifully reproduced, Rodger's photographs emphasize the muted colors of the Sudanese landscape as well as the Nuba's penchant for vivid body paint, clothing, and jewelry. They are a superb example of early color photography, and a stunning celebration of a little-known tribe that lives in one of the world's harshest environments.

The Nuba

George Rodger

Capturing the English countryside in iconic and authentic black-and-white photographs, this important collection showcases a life that holds fast to vanishing rural traditions. Affectionate yet unsentimental?with images that present the harsh realities of bloodstained slaughterhouses alongside a nostalgic night hunt?these photographs encompass the common nature and soul of rustic peoples, whose tough grittiness and humor shine through the camera. With a deep appreciation of an idyllic lifestyle, this ethnography is a celebratory document of a threatened existence.

Chris Steele-Perkins

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