Uwe Ommer: Around the World in 1424 Days - Tapa dura

Un po' giornale di viaggio, un po' taccuino di appunti, questo libro racconta il viaggio, durato quattro anni e 250000 km, del fotografo Uwe Ommer; viaggio necessario alla realizzazione del libro sempre edito da Taschen "1000 families". "1000 families" è stato definito come un album di famiglia del pianeta Terra ed è una vasta collezione di ritratti scattati da Ommer in oltre 130 paesi, in tutti gli angoli del pianeta. È chiaro che un viaggio di queste proporzioni porta con sé un grande numero di aneddoti, avventure, souvenir, ricordi. Questo libro è una sorta di fedele rapporto di questo viaggio e di cosa significhi attraversare le parti più remote del paese, incontrando un numero infinito di persone diverse, annotando tutti gli aspetti culturali e sociali che caratterizzano ogni comunità.. NOTA: El libro no está en español, sino en inglés.

Uwe Ommer was born in Bergisch-Gladbach, Germany, in 1943. Ommer became fascinated with photography at a young age and in 1962 moved to Paris, where he initially worked as a photographer's assistant. Within a few years, he opened his own photography studio, primarily shooting fashion and advertising photos. Quickly gaining respect for his work in Paris, Ommer began showing in local galleries and eventually published his first book Photoedition Uwe Ommer in 1979, a collection of personal and advertising works. In the following years, he would publish five more books of his photographs. In 1995, Ommer drastically changed gears and decided to embark on an ambitious project: to document all types of families on every continent at the turn of the millennium. Armed with a Landrover, Rolleiflex camera, portable studio, and one assistant, Ommer visited 130 countries in the following four years, interviewing and photographing over 1000 families. Returning to Paris in 2000, Ommer had an enormous collection of photographs illustrating the human "family" in its current and diverse state. TASCHEN published 1000 Families in 2000, coinciding with the first public exhibition of the portraits, in Cologne. Since then, the exhibition has toured the world. In 2002, Uwe Ommer was awarded an Honorary Fellowship to the Royal Photographic Society for the impact of his lifetime of work.