"Meola’s glorious photographs of a bewitching country....the reader learns not just about India the ancient civilization and exotic destination, but about Indians — in all their eccentricity and humanity." THE NEW YORK TIMES
"Flipping through its colorful pages is like being on a crowded street in the middle of a festival, where the eye jumps from dancer to flower vendor, musician to temple, fruit stand to flowing fabric." THE SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE
"This is more than just a book of pictures." THE WALL STREET JOURNAL
Featuring text from authors including Salman Rushdie, Kiran Desai, Vikram Seth and Jhumpa Lahiri, INDIA: IN WORD AND IMAGE is Eric Meola's breathaking book of photographs of the country. Vibrantly colored, with a sense of humanity and tenderness, the pictures range from tea plantations in Darjeeling to monasteries in the Himalayas and dazzling ceremonies in Rajasthan. Having traveled to India for over 10 years, Meola sifted through over 25,000 images to create this ambitious tribute to a land and people.
Famous for his photo on the cover of Bruce Springsteen's Born to Run album, ERIC MEOLA has shot for TIME, LIFE, ESQUIRE and TRAVEL + LEISURE. His previous book, THE LAST PLACES ON EARTH, was a collection of his photographs of disappearing cultures, landscapes and wildlife in many remote areas of the world. His photographs are in the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C., the International Center of Photography in New York, and the Museum of Modern Art in Munich.
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