This unique book combines long excerpts of Jack London's literature with
a copious amount of his photographs. It beautifully juxtaposes his
worldwide famous literature with his incredible photographs, creating a
dialogue between the visual and literary arts and building towards a
complete understanding of the eclectic and versatile artist London. The
texts collected in the book are excerpts of some of the author's books:
The People of the Abyss (1903); The Russo-Japanese War (1904), with
two articles from the San Francisco Examiner; The San Francisco
Earthquake (1906); and The Cruise of the Snark. Sixty-nine black and
white photographs of his adventures join the texts creating the artistic
connection between visual and literary art that lies at the roots of
London's art.
Alessia Tagliaventi is a scholar of photographic history and editor of
Contrasto. She has curated several photography books and catalogs. She
is the author of several critical essays for numerous publications,
among those My brother's keeper: Documentary Photographers and Human
Rights, Master Photographers, Shadows of War, and Photoshow. She
also teaches courses in the history of photography.
Davide Sapienza is an Italian writer, translator, and journalist.
He's a contributor in the Corriere della Sera. Since 2000, he has been
dedicating himself to narrative forms strictly bound to the themes of
the journey, the path of progress, and the Earth. Among his most famous
works are Camminando (2014) La musica della neve (2011), Scrivere
la natura (2012), I Diari di Rubha Hunish (2014), and La valle di
Ognidove (2013).
