Stunning photography by acclaimed photographer Michael Clinton Michael Clinton's travels are ones to which many people today aspire, making Globetrotter Diaries an inspiring, informative, and entertaining guide to world travel today After publishing five previous photography books with Glitterati, this is the author's first foray into text-based book publishing and promises to be an excellent counterpoint to his image-based work In an era when the earth is our oyster, Michael Clinton is the premier globetrotter in search of its pearls. Over the course of more than 35 years, Clinton has traveled the seven continents documenting his experiences in photographs. Now, for the first time, Clinton tells it like it is. In Globetrotter Diaries, the author shares with us his adventures, his knowledge, and his witty reminiscences of his life on the road.As the author of five photography books with Glitterati, Clinton is well-versed in the native customs, rituals, and landscapes of the most popular and remote places around the world. This book provides the perfect companion piece to his photographic work. Here Clinton reveals himself as he learns the nature of humanity from its billions of inhabitants who make travel one of life's greatest pastimes.
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The perfect book for both aspiring and armchair world travellers to see the globe.
Contents: On Becoming a Globetrotter; Salad Days; Tips for the Flying Class; Long Iceland Days; Scotland Discovery; Why I love Terminal 5 at Heathrow; For the Love of Paris; Viva Italia!; The Art of the Business Side Trip; Stranded: Part 1 - Roaming Rome; Baltic Inspiration; Stranded: Part 2 - Reaching New Heights in Africa; I'll Always Have Namibia; You Can Travel, or You Can Stay at Home; The Wonders of Nepal; A Lesson Learned in Bhutan; If You Like It, Buy It; The Lure of Southeast Asia; Money Talks in Many Languages; Shanghai: The City of the Future; The Snowy Mountains of Australia; The Zen of the Long-Haul Flight; Antarctica and the Arctic Circle; Take Me to Fiji; Running through Buenos Aires; Mendoza, A Wine Lover's Heaven; Excuse Me, Have You Seen Indiana Jones? Merry Christmas from the Atacama; The Land of the Equator; Solving the New Year's Eve Dilemma; There Are Those Places That We Love, and Then There Are Those...; Go West, My Friends; The Santa Fe Connection; W hat to Do if You Leave Something on a Plane; Hamptons Simple; Of Course You Should Come to New York; Epilogue to the Globetrotter Diaries; The A to Z of Globetrotting; Tips from World-Class Globetrotters
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Also available from the same author: American Portraits ISBN: 9780982266915, Global Remains ISBN: 9780982379950, Global Faces ISBN: 978097775310, Global Snaps ISBN: 9780976585114, Wanderlust ISBN: 9781576872246
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Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780985169664
Publisert
2013-02-16
Utgiver
Vendor
Glitterati Inc
Vekt
993 gr
Høyde
230 mm
Bredde
174 mm
Aldersnivå
G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
263

Forfatter
Foreword by

Om bidragsyterne

Michael Clinton is Executive Vice President, Chief Marketing Officer and Publishing Director for Hearst Magazines. His responsibilities include overseeing fifteen publications, including Harper's Bazaar, Marie-Claire, O: The Oprah Magazine, Seventeen and Esquire Clinton has served on the boards of the Volunteer of America and The Starlight Foundation. Currently, the author is on the acquisitions committee of the International Center of Photography in New York and is an advisor to Friends Without Borders. He lives in New York City and Southampton, New York.