equatorjournal:A gale in the Marshes during the great floods of 1954, when large areas of desert cou
equatorjournal:A gale in the Marshes during the great floods of 1954, when large areas of desert country to the west were submerged to six feet or more. “Wilfred Thesiger is one of the greatest explorers of this century. He is also one of the finest living travel writers, renowned for his remarkable books. However, he is unique in that, unlike any of the other great travellers and writers of the past, he had the opportunity and developed the skill to take photographs which do more than complement his classic achievements. While he has wondered at the landscapes, the buildings and the animals of so many distant places, and held them unforgettably in his lens, it is the people and their daily life which are paramount in this recollection of times past. This is partly because Wilfred Thesiger has always found the greatest reward, not in remoteness for its own sake but in the companionship he found there. It is also true because the assembly of portraits is both unprecedented and unrepeatable: quite simply the way in which people lived, moved and had their being has irrevocably vanished.” From “Visions of a nomad” by Wilfred Thesiger, 1987.https://www.instagram.com/p/Casakx9NOE7/?utm_medium=tumblr -- source link
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