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A Camera, Two Kids, And A Camel: My Journey In Photographs (2008)

by Annie Griffiths Belt(Favorite Author)

4.17 of 5 Votes: 2

languge

English

genre

Nonfiction

publisher

National Geographic

review 1: Annie Griffiths Belt is a high school friend who wrote this pictorial memoir of travelling around the world with her husband, 2 children and a nanny doing her work as a photographer for National Geographic. While the title would suggest that the entire book would focus on family adventures, that story loosely told and not held together to the end of the book, is really a pretext for Annie to share some of her incredible photographs of people and place around the globe. As Annie herself writes she is not an author but a photographer, and her pictures tell a story of hope and the human spirit. Even in places of suffering and dire poverty she is able to capture the caring and joy of being alive. In many cases she tells the story behind pictures which brings it to life even mo... morere. As a friend of Annie's I found this a great way to follow a part of her life that I had only heard about. For others it is a rich experience of seeing the world through lens of someone who has an eye for beauty and hope
review 2: I expected the photos to do all the talking, and they do carry the heaviest load but the author's commentary provided an unexpected delight. Tales of world travels, of common humanity, of the universality of women and of children drew me in and held me. Much more than a book of photos, this visual and intellectual treat took me on a journey- through foreign customs around the world and right next door. Her writing conveys, with nearly as much punch as her photos, how cultural immersion can feel. She invites the reader along for the experience, and I felt invigorted and enlarged by the shared travel. I also felt grateful for a renewed sense of wonder at this world and the people in it that we get to glimpse through her lens. less

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