My Photo-Essay Books
Sharing stories of people and places I've interacted with is a joy.
I have published four phot0-essay books available for purchase on Blurb.com bookstore --
with ALL the proceeds going to Non-profits focused on education or sustainability.
I hope you may be interested in the books below.
Coming soon: Fifth book in process: "Achromatic"
| Design / Produce Your Custom Books |
Let's work together to design and print CUSTOM books of your photos & memories -- trips, milestone occasions, themed collections, etc. We can ideate together.
My books 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
" A good photograph is
knowing where to stand.
-- Ansel Adams
01
Faces - 20 Year Anthology
An anthology over 20 years of black/white and color portraits of cross-cultural "faces" and expressions from around
the world.
7 x 7 inches Hardback | 436 pages
Published: October 2016
ALL PROCEEDS TO NON-PROFIT ROOM-TO-READ/TOKYO
AND
NIJIIRO KUREYON/JAPAN
[preview/purchase here]
02
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
[preview/purchase here]
03
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]
04
神秘的な国 日本
[Shinpiteki Na Kuni Nihon]
[Nihon - The Magical Country]
2nd Edition/2019 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
2nd Edition Published: April 2019
ALL PROCEEDS TO NON-PROFIT ROOM TO READ/TOKYO
AND NIJIIRO KUREYON/JAPAN
[preview/purchase here]
05
Achromatic
Coming soon....
8.5 x 11 inches Softback Magazine-style | xx pages.
Published: Coming Soon...
ALL PROCEEDS GO TO NON-PROFIT TBD
[preview/purchase here]