IF YOU WIN MORE THAN 1 OF MY BOOKS IN THIS AUCTION, YOU WILL PAY ONLY 1 X SHIPPING COSTS - WORLDWIDE. Phaidon, London, New York. 2016. First edition, first printing. Fantastic photobook by the famous photographer Steve McCurry, member of the legendary photo agency "Magnum" - showing a selection from McCurry's finest photographs, featuring people "on reading". New, mint, unread. "Young or old, rich or poor, engaged in the sacred or the secular, people everywhere read. This homage to the beauty and seductiveness of reading brings together a collection of photographs taken by Steve McCurry over his nearly four decades of travel and is introduced by award-winning writer, Paul Theroux. McCurry’s mesmerizing images of the universal human act of reading are an acknowledgement of - and a tribute to - the overwhelming power of the written word." (from the publisher) Hardcover in linen (as issued). 298 x 220 mm. 144 pages. Photos: Steve McCurry. Text: Paul Theroux. Text in english. Great photobook by Steve McCurry - in perfect condition. Steve McCurry was born in Philadelphia in 1950. After studying history and cinematography at Pennsylvania State University, he began working as a freelance photographer, gaining international recognition with this photo-reports on rebel-controlled Afghanistan prior to the Russian invasion in 1979. Since then his work has featured in National Geographic and many other magazines internationally, winning him numerous awards including the Eisenstaedt Award in 1998. McCurry is member of Magnum Photos and lives in New York City.