Rivers of time

An excellent large format book presenting a selection of the photos from Freya Stark's extensive travels. Some of these have been reproduced in her famous books, others are not previously published. Her portraits are incredible (obviously her models are too), and her photographs of towns and buildings are often spectacular., her landscapes sublime. There are few duds here, and even those probably tell a story we are not privy to.

An excellent introduction by Alexander Maitland outlines Stark's life and travels in a few short pages, otherwise there are just simple captions telling us the location and the year, sometimes a minor elaboration.

4 stars.