World Off Track - Hardcover

Jarret Schecter

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1907112448 ISBN 13: 9781907112447

Publisher: Trolley Books, 2013

Synopsis

We journey through the United States, China, Russia, India, Brazil, Japan, Canada, South Africa, Europe and Egypt - all seen through the window of a train. Not just a book of diverse vistas, this is a socio-economic commentary of the world as seen from the train's vantage point. The railway has, since its inception, been used as a continued marker of national progress. International competition to build the fastest and most efficient trains is often exponential to the needs of ordinary people, who we glimpse at through these windows. Schecter has created a veritable archive of photographic documentation, which serves to illustrate the link between infrastructure and wealth, and ultimately we see that the world is often indeed 'off track'.

About this title

About the Author:

In 1990 Jarret Schecter purchased a Pentax camera. Since then he has traveled the world. Committed to socio-political issues, Schecter believes that photography can bring awareness to social injustices the world faces today. Schecter, born in 1963, lives in New York City.

About this edition

• Publisher: Trolley Books
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1907112448
• ISBN 13: 9781907112447
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 148