Battlefields

A monumental photo book documenting the scenes of more than 3,000 years of human conflict

About the author

Yan Morvan is known equally for photographing the bikers and gangsters of his native France, and as a war correspondent. His coverage of the Lebanese Civil War for the Sipa agency and Newsweek won multiple awards, and he has also photographed armed conflicts in Iraq, Afghanistan, Northern Ireland, Kosovo, Cambodia, Rwanda, and Libya.

Summary

A monumental photo book documenting the scenes of more than 3,000 years of human conflict
 
After a distinguished—and death-defying—career documenting the wars of today, Yan Morvan decided to undertake a different kind of battlefield photography, one that would show how war has imprinted its awful memory on all of human history, and on the landscape as well. Traveling the globe, he sought out the scenes of history’s most important battles, positioning his 8 × 10 Deardorff view camera to capture the perspective of the soldier on the front lines.
 
The result of his decade-long quest is this monumental volume, presenting 430 images of 250 historic battlefields, from the Trojan War to Muammar Gaddafi’s last stand. In between are the battlegrounds of the Persian Wars, the Napoleonic Wars, the American Civil War, the World Wars, the Vietnam War, and many others. The text includes a concise account of each battle, as well as an interview with Morvan about his work.
 
Battlefields is a staggering work of art, an important historical document, and a memorial to all those who have fought and died on the battlefield.

Product details

• Assisted by: Yan Morvan (Photographer), Yan Morvan (Photographs), Adrian Goldsworthy (Foreword), Goldsworthy Adrian (Foreword)
• Publisher: Ingram Publishers Services
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 16.10.2018
• EAN: 9780789213075
• ISBN: 978-0-7892-1307-5
• Dimensions: 269 mm x 327 mm x 61 mm
• Weight: 4808 g
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Photography, film, video, TV; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Fotografie, PHOTOGRAPHY / Photoessays & Documentaries, History - Military / War, PHOTOGRAPHY / Subjects & Themes / Historical, PHOTOGRAPHY / Subjects & Themes / Landscapes, PHOTOGRAPHY / Individual Photographers / Essays, HISTORY / Military / Pictorial, Individual photographers, Battles & campaigns, Battles and campaigns, Photographic reportage, Photojournalism and documentary photography