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Face To Face: Polar Portraits

Presents an account of pioneering polar photography and modern portraiture. This book examines the history and role of polar exploration photography. It features the portraits of explorers, some of the earliest photographs of the Inuit, and images from many of the Heroic-Age Antarctic expeditions.

Audience
adult
Length
medium · 288 pages

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