num_pages: 312
description: Sam Abell (born 1945) is one of Americas most influential documentary photographers celebrated in particular for his in-depth color photo-essays for National Geographic magazine. He has also made a considerable impact as a teacher and author. Abells career is now the subject of The Sam Abell Library  a new publication project from Radius inaugurated with this volume--the first in a series of four multi-volume sets. Each of these sets is themed around a particular the photography of places; the photography of nature; the photography of the past; and the photography of ideas. Essays by Abell appear in all of the books. In Life and Still Life  Abell explores three different Newfoundland; Hagi Japan; and Northern Australia. This first boxed set also includes a fourth book with an illustrated essay by writer and curator Leah Bendavid-Val examining Abells evolution as an artist.
language: English
title: The Sam Abell Library: The Photography of Places
publisher: Radius Books