My Photo-Essay Books
RECENTLY PUBLISHED 5th Photo-Essay Book: "ACHROMATIC"
Sharing stories of people and places I've interacted with is a joy.
I have published the four phot0-essay books shown below.
Available for purchase on Blurb.com bookstore --
with ALL the proceeds going to Non-profits focused on youth, education, and/or sustainability.
I hope you find the books below of interest...
| I Can Design & Produce Your Custom Books |
I work with individuals/families to design and print CUSTOM books of YOUR photos & memories -- trips, milestone occasions, themed collections, etc. We can ideate together. And I'll craft it.
My book quality and finished product as a photographer/artist/story-teller will result in a very high-quality keepsake of your memories and your stories that goes well beyond a 'basic book from Walmart."
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high-resolution printing in different format books
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very high-quality paper options
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soft, hard, and linen covers
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"lay-flat" museum-quality options, including trophy boxes
If interested, please contact me: prag.shah@mac.com
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ACHROMATIC
ACHROMATIC (meaning lacking color or hue) offers image pairings with similarities or contrasts on attributes such as subject matter as well as pairings based on moods, emotions, and further even into socio-economic underpinnings.
8.5 x 11 inches Softback Magazine-style | 144 pages.
Published: March 2026
ALL PROCEEDS TO NON-PROFIT PHOTOSTART .ORG -- a global nonprofit organization that uses photography to equip under-resourced youth with new opportunities for success, connecting people and cultures through the lens.
[preview/purchase here]
02
Faces - 20 Year Anthology
A global anthology over 20 years of black/white and color portraits of cross-cultural "faces" and human expressions from around the world.
7 x 7 inches Hardback | 436 pages
Published: October 2016
ALL PROCEEDS TO NON-PROFIT ROOM-TO-READ/TOKYO
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NIJIIRO KUREYON/JAPAN
[preview/purchase here]
03
7 x 7
Photo-essay mosaic of the world -- 7 images (and statements for each) from each of the 7 continents.
7 x 7 inches Hardback | 130 pages
Published: June 2023
ALL PROCEEDS TO NON-PROFIT PHOTOSTART. ORG -- a global nonprofit organization that uses photography to equip under-resourced youth with new opportunities for success, connecting people and cultures through the lens.
[preview/purchase here]
04
Broken Silence -- Expedition to Antarctica
Photo-essay of my National Geographic-Lindblad solo expedition to Antarctica, in November/December 2017. Includes introduction on climate change and sustainability. Very large, museum-quality, complete layflat, incredible 295-lb paper stock, hi-res, coffee table book. Presented in outer trophy box. Given the size/paper involved, I do carbon offsets.
13 x 11 inches Hardback | 12 pounds | 110 pages.
Published: November 2020
ALL PROCEEDS TO NON-PROFIT
UK ANTARCTICA HERITAGE TRUST.
[preview/purchase here]
05
神秘的な国 日本
[Shinpiteki Na Kuni Nihon]
[Nihon - The Magical Country]
3rd Edition/2024 with retrospective prologue. A 2014 photo-essay of the authors' - one American, one Japanese - view of Japan. Photos have deep meaning descriptions in Japanese kanji, hiragana, or katakana and translations in romaji and English. Large, vivid, color and black white photographs include landscapes, cityscapes, culture, religion, people, fashion, and more.
12in x 12in Hardback | 80-pages
3nd Edition Published: 2024
ALL PROCEEDS TO NON-PROFIT ROOM TO READ/TOKYO
AND NIJIIRO KUREYON/JAPAN
[preview/purchase here]
