1000 Families: The Family Album of Planet Earth (Hardcover)

by Uwe Ommer (Author) "A family album for our planet ... what a wonderful, simple ideal exclaimed my friends, adding (not without a tinge of envy) ""and what's more,..." (more)
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Product Description
One thousand families -- literally! Photographer Uwe Ommer shares with us his newly completed four-year project, a "Family Album of Planet Earth." Overwhelming in its magnitude, this project is truly extraordinary. Stopping in over 150 countries in all corners of the world, Ommer carefully selected the families who best reflected each society's traditions and social conditions. Many of the portraits have appeared in exhibitions and magazines during the course of the project; now that the work is finished, Taschen brings it all to you in one volume.

Ommer chose to photograph each family in the same way, against a white background and with identical lighting. All of the traditional elements of a documentary photograph are removed, leaving only the people themselves. The result is astonishing. You'll see yourself in these pages, and maybe not just in the families that look like yours. Seeing all of these families smiling for the camera makes the world feel a little smaller; our differences are not as profound as we may think. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Language Notes
Text: German, English (translation)
Original Language: French --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 576 pages
• Publisher: Taschen (December 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 3822822647
• ISBN-13: 978-3822822647
• Product Dimensions: 10.1 x 8 x 1.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.8 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,048,672 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars 1000 FAMILIES, January 17, 2001

By	"natalierinkenbach" (new york) - See all my reviews

This review is from: 1000 Families (Specials) (Paperback)

Photographer Uwe Ommer shares with us his newly completed four-year project, a "Family Album of Planet Earth." Overwhelming in its magnitude, this project is truly extraordinary. Stopping in over 150 countries in all corners of the world, Ommer carefully selected the families which best reflected each society's traditions and social conditions. Many of the portraits have appeared in exhibitions and magazines during the course of the project; now that the work is finished, TASCHEN brings it all to you in one volume. Ommer chose to photograph each family in the same way, against a white background and with identical lighting. All of the traditional elements of a documentary photograph are removed, leaving only the people themselves. The result is astonishing.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars WOW!!! 1000.... really?, October 22, 2001

By	E. Villarreal "marivigi" (Mexico City, Mexico) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: 1000 Families (Specials) (Paperback)

YES... really!!

This book shows pictures taken over 4 years in almost every country in the world. To be honest, I didn't even know some of the countries!!!

It is a great book just look at for hours and hours, especially if you like to really look at and examine photographs, the pictures are incredible, and I loved the way each culture is portrayed.... the customes, accesories , sitting arrangement, and family size.

It is printed on a very nice paper, and the book is a nice large but portable size, and it even has comments on some of the families, what they do for a living, where Uwe met them, or why he chose them, etc...

My only complain is that loads of pictures are way too small to be admired, so I ended up skipping many pages because of this.

Otherwise it is a really nice book and will make an excellent present.