Every great place has its own special spirit, and each of the 260 marvellous photographs in "Wide Angle" embodies that spirit captured brilliantly on film. Encompassing all seven continents and more than a century of superb photography, this wonderful collection invites the reader to share the magic of discovery. Whether showing crowded city streets alive with energy or vast and still wilderness landscapes, bright colors and sparkling highlights or softer, quieter scenes in muted hues, all of these arresting pictures share one compelling quality: a sure sense of place that pulls the reader into the frame and turns an image into an experience.

About the Author

Ferdinand Protzman is an award-winning cultural critic, author and contributing editor for ARTnews magazine. He has written four books and contributed to others. His reviews, essays and articles have appeared in The Washington Post, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The International Herald Tribune, ARTnews, The Harvard Review, The Forward and Zeit-Magazin.