{"product_id":"burton-holmes-travelogues-the-greatest-traveler-of-his-time-1892-1952-9783836557801","title":"Burton Holmes. Travelogues. the Greatest Traveler of His Time 1892-1952","description":"\u003cp\u003eIt was the Belle Époque, a time before air travel or radio, at the brink of a revolution in photography and filmmaking, when \u003cstrong\u003eBurton Holmes\u003c\/strong\u003e (1870-1958) began a lifelong journey to bring the world home.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e From the grand boulevards of Paris to China's Great Wall, from the construction of the Panama Canal to the 1906 eruption of Mount Vesuvius, Holmes delighted in finding \"the beautiful way around the world\" and made a career of sharing his \u003cstrong\u003estories, colorful photographs, and films\u003c\/strong\u003e with audiences across America. He coined the term \"travelogue\" in 1904 to advertise his unique performance and \u003cstrong\u003ethrilled audiences with two-hour sets of stories timed to projections of multihued, hand-painted glass-lantern slides and some of the first \"moving pictures.\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Paris, Beijing, Delhi, Dubrovnik, Moscow, Manila, Jakarta, Jerusalem: Burton Holmes was there. He visited every continent and nearly every country on the planet, shooting over 30,000 photographs and nearly 500,000 feet of film.\u003cstrong\u003e This book represents the best of the Holmes archive, brimming with brilliant color photographs\u003c\/strong\u003e. A rare window onto the world of 100 years ago, it is also \u003cstrong\u003ethe ultimate inspiration to strike out on a travel adventure of your own\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eCaldwell, Genoa:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - In the 1960s, Genoa Caldwell was the New York-based photo researcher for the London Sunday Times, as well as photo editor for both Black Star and Magnum. While operating her own photo agency in Los Angeles in the 1970s, Caldwell was introduced to the work of Burton Holmes and became private archivist for the extensive and unique photographic collection. Caldwell has maintained the collection for over 30 years and has lectured and published on the life and work of Burton Holmes.","brand":"Taschen","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50528531939602,"sku":"9783836557801","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_f4b62d7a-77db-4f3c-b6ee-2dde42e2b013.jpg?v=1731329408","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/burton-holmes-travelogues-the-greatest-traveler-of-his-time-1892-1952-9783836557801","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}