Globalist PhotoGallery: The Great Wall of China by Daniel Schwartz

The Globalist PhotoGallery

Globalist PhotoGallery: The Great Wall of China

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Thames & Hudson Inc. 215 pp. (approx. 180 B&W photographs). Dimensions 0.99" x 7.83" x 9.82". $39.95

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The Great Wall of China

Beginning in the 1980s, Daniel Schwartz has concentrated on realizing an amazing goal: photographing the Great Wall of China. His photographs capture this landmark from the North Korean border to the central section covering mountains, deserts and frozen grasslands — and finally on to its far ends in Central Asia.

His photographs go beyond the "classic" images of the Great Wall engraved in most peoples' mind. His images create a gallery that is at the same time austere, thought-provoking — and expansive. It covers many corners of China you never imagined before. That is why his project is three things packed into one powerful book: a beautiful photographic essay, a historic commentary on the limits of established boundaries — and a personal odyssey.

Altogether, Daniel Schwartz's vision of the Great Wall creates a unique documentation of this supreme man-made monument. As his images make clear, the Great Wall of China is an amazing — and mysterious — facet of China's history and geography.

About Daniel Schwartz

Daniel Schwartz is a graduate of the Fotoklasse, Zurich School of Art and Design 1980. Since 1990, he has been a regular contributor to DU magazine.

In 1996, he joined Lookat, a photographers' agency based in Zurich. He is author of "Delta — The perils, profits and politics of water in South and Southeast Asia" (Thames and Hudson, London, 1997).

For the past six years, he has been working in the arc of crisis between the Caspian Sea and Kashmir, encompassing Iran, Central Asia and Afghanistan.

The Jinshanling Section of the Wall from the heights of the Simatai Section, Miyun.

Luanping: in the foreground, the Jinshanling Section of the Wall; in the far distance, the ridge of the Simatai Section.

View towards the west from one tower to the next, The Yuanyang Section of the Wall, Jiuquan.

View of the Guangwu Fort, built under the Jin Dynasty (1115/1234), from the summit of Mount Yanmen Section, Shanyin.

The Strongest Fortress On Earth, Jiayuguan.

Eroded parts of the Yumenguan Section of the Han Great Wall, Dunhuang.

Looking south across the Mazong Mountain Section of the Qin Great Wall, Wulate Qianqi.