KOHLER (Fred), OKADA (Amina). - Lot 150

KOHLER (Fred), OKADA (Amina). The Ganges: River of the Gods and Men. Paris, Éditions AGEP, n.d. [circa 1990]. Large square quarto, publisher’s hardcover with illustrated dust jacket. A beautiful photographic album dedicated to the Ganges, in which photographer Fred Kohler’s images accompany the text by Amina Okada, an art historian specializing in Eastern art and curator at the Guimet Museum. The book traces the course of the sacred river from the foothills of the Himalayas to the Bay of Bengal, blending majestic landscapes, scenes of pilgrimage, religious rites, navigation, daily life, and portraits of the people living along its banks. The photographs, mostly in color and printed full-page, take an approach that is both documentary and aesthetic. They capture the spiritual dimension of the Ganges as much as its economic and human significance, while the text places each stage within its historical, religious, and cultural context. Published with remarkable typographic care, this book follows in the tradition of the great travel photography books of the 1980s and 1990s, intended for both photography enthusiasts and those passionate about Asian civilizations. Condition: Good copy despite some scuffing on the dust jacket.