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Himalayan Odyssey (Hardcover)

~ David Samuel Robbins (Author)
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"...This is a collection of unique images that expands our perceptions of the world." -- Martin Scorsese, comments from the dust jacket

"...these images feel not like the shiny discoveries of some tourist, but like the gnarled truths of the resident... -- Pico Iyer, excerpts from the foreword

"Robbins beautiful Himalayan work is suffused with grit, smoke, air and mountain light, just as it should be. Wonderful!" -- Peter Matthiessen, comments from the dust jacket


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An epic photographic journey across the entire Himalayan range. Over the course of a decade, the author trekked more than 2,000 miles through Tibet, Nepal, Bhutan and North India, creating an intimate and sensitive portrait of Himalayan landscape and culture. Himalayan Odyssey is a journey into a spiritual way of life far removed from the modern world. It is also a documentary of remarkable depth and insight - and a poignant record of fragile cultures in transition. A lavishly produced volume of the highest quality, Himalayan Odyssey is 128 pages of spectacular photographs, insightful text and extensive captions, all exquisitely printed on heavyweight art paper. Hard cover, cloth bound. Oversized 10.5 x 15 inch landscape format. Introduction by Pico Iyer. Jacket comments by Martin Scorsese and Peter Matthiessen.

Product Details

  • Hardcover: 128 pages
  • Publisher: Ad Editions (August 1, 2002)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0971523487
  • ISBN-13: 978-0971523487
  • Product Dimensions: 15.3 x 10.8 x 0.8 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 3.9 pounds
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #477,625 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Himalayan Odyssey, October 16, 2002
By Brent H Williamson (Seattle, WA. United States) - See all my reviews
It is clear that David Robbins reveals artistic intellegence surpassed only by the beauty of his subject matter. As I turn through the pages I see metaphore after metaphore expressed by horses as mountains, a mother and child as a great wind, a man bearing a burden to the elevations as great slices of frozen rock jutt upward toward the sky. These metaphores call to us and serve as reminders of endurance, of simplicity, and all that is precious. In the pages of this book, your imagination can be unlocked and your thirst for understanding and compassion unbridled. It is important, especially in this time, to remember the beauty of the human spirit, the beauty of the earth and how they can fit together.
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5.0 out of 5 stars The Unexpected, September 30, 2002
By Daniel J. Mullins (Seattle, WA United States) - See all my reviews
Being a collector of photography books, I normally do not buy books of traditional landscape photography. My tastes normally lean toward more the more edgy urban "street" photographers, black and white historical photographs, and some of the modern portrait photographers, but this book is unique, and I find myself continually drawn back to it's pages.
I've seen other books on the same area of the world but Davis Robbins images are very different and unexpected.
In a place that is so distant and foreign to my own and so naturally beautiful in it's sheer vastness that you could point a camera almost any where and find something interesting, Mr. Robbins has found something new. He obviously has a place in his heart for this place and these people and his photographs are probably not what you would expect.
He seems to have that rare ability to convey the honesty in the everyday and to step beyond the seemingly brutal details of life in these environs to see into the hearts and minds of these distant people.
My favorite image in the book seems to change with each adventure through the pages, and I look forward to the discussions I have with anyone who finds it on my coffee table.
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2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Sublime Equanimity, June 5, 2003
Short and simple will be enough here:

128 pages of mystical beauty that can be found in the Hymalayas and in this book. There is some use of symbolic metaphors of early morning mysts, people, homes, genuine symbols of culture and nature. Movements captured for an eternity. A window to peer through for most of the people that will never be able to experience and see these places and its' people in their lives. There is good in this, for too many people would destroy such beauty and equanimity....

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5.0 out of 5 stars A deep look
First a disclaimer: I am a friend, and working peer of David's albeit my caim to fame is in an entirely different genre, though my recent work is now following in David's... Read more
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5.0 out of 5 stars Stripping away the stereotypes.
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