African Visions: The Diary Of An African Photographer; Author: Ricciardi, Mirella; Paperback

Author: Ricciardi, Mirella
Paperback; 300 Colour Photographs
286 pages
Published: August 2002
Orion Publishing Co
ISBN: 1841881627

Mirella Ricciardi is one of the greatest photographers of the African continent; she is also best known for the classic book Vanishing Africa. This highly personal account of her life in Africa from the1920s to the present day is part diary, part reminiscence, and part photographic album. She shows you the great African characters from George Adamson to Peter Beard, plus Hollywood stars, animal trainers, models and fashion photographers. However it's her greatest love--the tribal warriors and the panoramic landscapes of Africa--that take center stage here.The extraordinary story of a photographer of Africa, its people, wildlife and landscape - a quirky, anecdotal album of life in Africa from the 1920s to the present day, seen through the lens of one of the greatest material from her extended family.This volume is a quirky, anecdotal part-diary part-reminiscence album of life in Africa from the 1920s to the present day, as seen through the lens of one of the greatest photographers to work on the continent.