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The Photographic Journey of Richard Evan Schultes
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October 2006
On Sale: October 18, 2006
159 pages
ISBN: 1932771255
EAN: 9781932771251
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Non-Fiction Photography
Richard Evans Schultes (1915-2001) was probably the greatest
explorer of the Amazon, and regarded among anthropologists
and seekers alike as the "father of ethnobotany." Taking
what was meant to be a short leave from Harvard in 1941, he
surveyed the Amazon basin almost continuously for twelve
years, during which time he lived among two dozen different
Indian tribes, mapped rivers, secretly sought sources of
rubber for the US government during WWII, and collected and
classified 30,000 botanical specimens, including 2,000 new
medicinal plants. Schultes chronicled his stay there in
hundreds of remarkable photographs of the tribes and the
land, evocative of the great documentary photographers such
as Edward Sheriff Curtis. Published to coincide with a
traveling exhibition to debut at the Govinda Gallery in
Washington, D.C., The Lost Amazon is the first major
publication to examine the work of Dr. Schultes, as seen
through his photographs and field notes. With text by
Schultes's protege and fellow explorer, Wade Davis, this
impressive document takes armchair travelers where they've
never gone before.
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