{"product_id":"9789089897466","title":"Streets of the World - XL","description":"•With a preface by Mark Blaisse, author of Before They Passed Away, this book picks out one street in 200 different cities across the 7 continents\u003cbr\u003e•By means of infographics and a short text, the street becomes a symbol for a culture, a country in its entirety \u003cbr\u003e•Seven years of travel were needed to make this book\u003cbr\u003e•With a focus on detailed street knowledge, this is the perfect gift for travelers and photography enthusiasts alike\u003cp\u003e200 countries; one street each; seven years of traveling and collecting photos, stories, facts and figures about each country. This is not just another photography book. It reveals everything that a street means to society: education, wisdom, youth, experience, happiness, stories, food, and so much more. This is the raw material of life, drawn directly from the experiences of the Belgian photographer Jeroen Swolfs. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSeeing the street as a unifying theme, he traveled in search of that one street in each place - sometimes by a harbor or a railway station - that comprised the country as a whole. Each stunning image conveys culture, colors, rituals, even the history of the city and country where he found them. Swolfs sees the street as a universal meeting place, a platform of crowds, a center of news and gossip, a place of work, and a playground for children. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIndeed, Swolfs's streets are a matrix for community; his photographs are published at a time when the unique insularity of local communities everywhere has never been more under threat. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Lannoo International","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47042008252656,"sku":"9789089897466","price":175.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9789089897466_p0.jpg?v=1769887546","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9789089897466","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}