Exotic Postcards
The Lure of Distant Lands
Alan Beukers
Introduction by Paul Theroux
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| ‘Theroux is one of the great travel writers of our time and his essay adds to our understanding of these images … . Sometimes it’s the simplest books that are the best, and never was there a clearer illustration of this than 'Exotic Postcards' ’ | | – Outdoor Photography |
| ‘A fascinating glimpse of the way we wrote’ | | – High Life |
Haunting images from a world a century ago,
these postcards sent by travellers, business people, colonialists and traders have a new power over their viewers today.
  
Pictures courtesy of Alan Beukers
Reproduced with stunning fidelity, this album takes us across Asia, Oceania, the Americas, the Arabic Lands and Africa. The introduction by Paul Theroux, one of the greatest travel writers, demonstrates just why these ‘visions of the faraway and the fantastic’ continue to have such a powerful appeal to us all.
This remarkable compilation is not only for those who enjoy collecting postcards, but also for artists, historians, fashion and jewelry designers and anyone with a desire to travel and experience the exotic.
Alan Beukers is an international photographer now living in Portugal. He has been collecting postcards for many years.
Paul Theroux, an inveterate traveller for more than forty years, has written many bestselling novels and travel books.
Also of interest:
The Postcard Century: 2000 Cards and Their Messages
The Lost Amazon: The Photographic Journey of
Richard Evans Schultes
Anonymous: Enigmatic Images from Unknown Photographers
The World in 1900 |
|  |  | | | | ISBN 0500543364 | | ISBN-13 978-0500543368 | | | | 25.0 x 25.0 cm | | PLC with Jacket | | 208pp | | 200 illustrations, 200 in colour | | First published 2007 | | | | £24.95 | | | |  | | | | 
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