Focal Point Imprint to Showcase Archival Collections and Contemporary

Work

WASHINGTON–(EMWNews)–National Geographic Books’ Focal Point

imprint, the Society’s newest venture, will

draw on National Geographic’s legendary

photographic archive — encompassing 16 name

collections and more than 10 million images —

as well as the work of distinguished photographers around the world. The

imprint, debuting this fall, will present the finest in documentary

photography past and present, and monographs will celebrate individual

photographers’ unique style, vision and skill.

Leah Bendavid-Val, director of photography publishing for National

Geographic Books, explains, “Focal Point books

are carefully chosen to showcase photography’s

pioneers and its modern masters and will appeal to connoisseurs,

professionals, collectors, serious students of photojournalism and all

lovers of photography.”

A natural extension of National Geographic’s

photography publishing, from best-selling photography field guides to

mass-market photography gift books, Focal Point sets apart titles that

represent the most outstanding work of elite photographers. The imprint

begins with an inherent advantage — the

wealth of never-before-published material contained in National

Geographic’s vast historical archive and

decades of work created on assignment for National Geographic’s

magazines.

Four inaugural Focal Point titles demonstrate the wide range and

world-class quality that will distinguish this imprint. These books and

those that follow will combine the timely and the timeless, illuminating

both subject and context.

Alexandra Avakian’s WINDOWS OF THE SOUL:

My Journeys in the Muslim World (ISBN: 978-1-4262-0320-6; Sept. 30,

2008; $40) reveals the photojournalist’s

astonishing courage during two decades traveling the globe documenting

the Muslim culture. Arresting images and fast-moving tales tell her

story.

Sam Abell’s THE LIFE OF A PHOTOGRAPH

(ISBN: 978-1-4262-0329-9; Oct. 21, 2008; $40) uncovers the back story

behind this master photographer’s exquisite

images, exposing his perseverance, daring, judgment and artistic vision,

as well as innovative techniques and the frame-by-frame process of

making a truly great photograph. Many of the photographs in this book

are being published for the first time.

ODYSSEYS AND PHOTOGRAPHS (ISBN: 978-1-4262-0172-1; Nov. 11, 2008;

$40) chronicles the rich and surprising history of four iconic National

Geographic field men — Maynard Owen Williams,

Luis Marden, Volkmar Wentzel and Thomas Abercrombie —

told by those who knew them best, along with 200 stellar images, many

never before published.

REZA WAR + PEACE (ISBN: 978-1-4262-0326-8; Nov. 18, 2008; $75) is

a 30-year retrospective on the extraordinary work of this renowned,

international photojournalist and humanitarian. Reza’s

images give voice to some of the poorest, war-torn people on the planet,

revealing paradoxical beauty, pain and suffering, universal humanity and

a visual eloquence at once compassionate, clear-eyed, unsparing and

hopeful.

The National Geographic Society is one of the world’s

largest nonprofit scientific and educational organizations. Founded in

1888 to “increase and diffuse geographic

knowledge,” the Society works to inspire

people to care about the planet. It reaches more than 300 million people

worldwide each month through its official journal, National Geographic,

and other magazines; National Geographic Channel; television

documentaries; music; radio; films; books; DVDs; maps; school publishing

programs; interactive media; and merchandise. National Geographic has

funded more than 9,000 scientific research, conservation and exploration

projects and supports an education program combating geographic

illiteracy. For more information, visit nationalgeographic.com.

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