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Paradise Lost Author: Georg Gerster

ISBN: 9780714848846 Format: Hardcover Number Of Pages: 184 Published: 1 December 2008 Country of Publication: GB Dimensions (cm): 32.2 x 25.0 x 2.3 Description: Paradise Lost: Persia from Above is a unique photographic record of a fascinating part of the world, unfamiliar to many of us.

Between 1976 and 1978, Georg Gerster, a pioneer of aerial photography, was granted rare permission to record the landscapes and cities of Persia. Resulting from more than one hundred different flights, these pictures depict key archaeological sites from ziggurats to ancient citadels, as well as architectural marvels and beautiful countryside.

Paradise Lost also provides rare glimpses of life in modern Iran, from popular ski resorts to densely-packed urban centres and vividly brings to life a place, period and culture that few people outside the country can witness.

About the Authors

Georg Gerster is a pioneer of aerial photography. For over 40 years he has taken breathtaking pictures of mountains and deserts, coasts and lakes, spectacular archaeological sites and ancient monuments, agrarian and industrial landscapes in 111 countries on all continents, covering all types of territory from the Amazon to Antarctica. Based near Zu...

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