National Geographic. The United States of America

The coffee-table book *National Geographic: The United States of America* by Taschen presents a grand journey through the U.S. via the magazine’s rich archives. Travel through time and across the country with this journey through the United States, state by state, over the past 100 years. This book brings together more than 700 fascinating images from National Geographic’s illustrious archives to chronicle a century of change and growth, from Alabama to Wyoming.

These remarkable images paint a vivid picture of a vast, evolving, and diverse country—from breathtaking landscapes to emerging industry, from charming rural life to thriving villages and cities. We travel from the ski slopes of Colorado to the jazz bars of New Orleans, from the luxurious Hollywood Hills to a barbershop in Kentucky, and from Chinatown in Manhattan to a river baptism in Mississippi. Along the way, the journey spans the entire spectrum of photographic evolution, from early black-and-white and Autochrome photographs from the 1920s and 1930s through Kodachrome from the mid-20th century, then the sharper photojournalism of the 1970s and 1980s, and finally the digital images of the late 1990s.

With an introductory essay by photo editor David Walker, forewords to each chapter on a state, and fascinating, descriptive captions, this book is not only a tribute to the world’s largest photography magazine, but also to the people, the history, and the beauty of the United States in all their kaleidoscopic splendor.

Specifications
Title: National Geographic. The United States of America
Author: David Walker
Publisher: TASCHEN
Dimensions: 270 x 374 x 40 mm
Size: 792
Weight: 5.75 kg
Language: English
Material: Hardcover
ISBN: 9783754402467

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