The Land of the Anka Bird
A journey through the Turkic heartlands
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2020
Cornucopia Books (Verlag)
978-0-9957566-2-5 (ISBN)
Cornucopia Books (Verlag)
978-0-9957566-2-5 (ISBN)
From the oasis cities of Central Asia to the frozen wastes of eastern Siberia, the photographs of Ergun Çağatay reflect the immensity and drama of the Turkic-speaking world and the vivid lives, beliefs and spirit of its peoples. Caroline Eden pays tribute to a pioneering photographer who travelled more than 100,000 miles to capture these images.
‘The Land of the Anka Bird: A journey through the Turkic heartland’ is a reflective visual essay introducing the powerful images of the pioneering Turkish journalist-turned-photographer Ergun Çağatay. The book explores the cultural landscape and geography of the vast Turkic-speaking lands, from the mercantile cities of Uzbekistan to little-explored pockets of the Baltic and European Russia and the steppelands of Kazakhstan and Mongolia. It is clear that while divided by distance, the diverse Turkic peoples share far more than a linguistic heritage. Deep cultural connections highlight great mobility across many landscapes and centuries. Spanning both the nomadic and settled worlds, this book challenges assumptions about an intriguing swathe of our planet while celebrating its wildly varied traditions and environment.
‘The Land of the Anka Bird: A journey through the Turkic heartland’ is a reflective visual essay introducing the powerful images of the pioneering Turkish journalist-turned-photographer Ergun Çağatay. The book explores the cultural landscape and geography of the vast Turkic-speaking lands, from the mercantile cities of Uzbekistan to little-explored pockets of the Baltic and European Russia and the steppelands of Kazakhstan and Mongolia. It is clear that while divided by distance, the diverse Turkic peoples share far more than a linguistic heritage. Deep cultural connections highlight great mobility across many landscapes and centuries. Spanning both the nomadic and settled worlds, this book challenges assumptions about an intriguing swathe of our planet while celebrating its wildly varied traditions and environment.
Caroline Eden contributes to the travel, food and arts pages of the Guardian, the Financial Times and the Times Literary Supplement. She has recorded stories from Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Azerbaijan and Russia for BBC Radio 4’s From Our Own Correspondent. She is the author of three books, Samarkand (Kyle Books, 2016), Black Sea (Quadrille, 2018) and Red Sands (Quadrille, 2020). Twitter and Instagram: @edentravels.
6 Map
7 List of photographs
8 Why the Anka Bird
8 Peoples of the Turkic heartlands
10 Introduction by Caroline Eden
14–151 The photographs
146 Acknowledgements
147 Bibliography
148 Index
| Erscheinungsdatum | 30.07.2020 |
|---|---|
| Illustrationen | Ergun Çağatay |
| Zusatzinfo | 114 colour plates |
| Verlagsort | Hawick |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 260 x 200 mm |
| Gewicht | 800 g |
| Themenwelt | Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Allgemeines / Lexika |
| Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Fotokunst | |
| Reisen ► Bildbände ► Asien | |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte | |
| Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geografie / Kartografie | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-9957566-2-7 / 0995756627 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-9957566-2-5 / 9780995756625 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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