Pole to Pole - The Photographs
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Pole to Pole – The Photographs is a large coffee-table style book containing pictures taken by Basil Pao
, who was the stills photographer on the team that made the Pole to Pole with Michael Palin
TV program for the BBC
.
Michael Palin
's name is prominently displayed on the cover, and he has contributed a one-page Foreword, plus approximately 16 pages of text (two-page introductions to each of the eight chapters).
The rest of the book consists of Basil Pao's photographs, each with a short text indicating what the picture is about and where it was taken. Some of the pictures are displayed as impressive two-page spreads. A majority of the pictures show the people they encountered along the way, some as informal portraits, some showing people engaged in various activities. There are also many beautiful landscapes plus a few pictures of monuments and interesting buildings, etc.
The book is organized in eight chapters:
Seven of the pictures, taken at and near the North Pole and the South Pole, were not taken by Basil Pao, as there was no room for him in the small airplanes used at the two extremes of the trip.
One amazing statistic mentioned by Michael Palin in the introduction to this book is that Basil Pao took 30,000 pictures during the 5½ months that the trip lasted. 30,000 pictures is approx. 850 rolls of film or approx. 200 pictures and 6 rolls of film every day.
Basil Pao
Basil Pao Ho-Yun is a Hong Kong-based photographer who is perhaps best known for his work as the stills photographer on the BBC filming teams that made Michael Palin's TV travel programs.-Early career:...
, who was the stills photographer on the team that made the Pole to Pole with Michael Palin
Pole to Pole
Pole to Pole is an eight-part television documentary travel series made for the BBC and released in 1992. The presenter is Michael Palin, this being the second of Palin's major journeys for the BBC. The trip from the North Pole to the South Pole went via Scandinavia, the Soviet Union, parts of...
TV program for the BBC
BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...
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Michael Palin
Michael Palin
Michael Edward Palin, CBE FRGS is an English comedian, actor, writer and television presenter best known for being one of the members of the comedy group Monty Python and for his travel documentaries....
's name is prominently displayed on the cover, and he has contributed a one-page Foreword, plus approximately 16 pages of text (two-page introductions to each of the eight chapters).
The rest of the book consists of Basil Pao's photographs, each with a short text indicating what the picture is about and where it was taken. Some of the pictures are displayed as impressive two-page spreads. A majority of the pictures show the people they encountered along the way, some as informal portraits, some showing people engaged in various activities. There are also many beautiful landscapes plus a few pictures of monuments and interesting buildings, etc.
The book is organized in eight chapters:
- North Pole to Helsinki - Svalbard, Norway and Finland
- Tallinn to Odessa - Estonia, Russia, Belarus and Ukraine
- Istanbul to Aswan - Turkey, Greece, Cyprus and Egypt
- Wadi Halfa to Gallabat - Sudan
- Metema to Moyale - Ethiopia
- Moyale to Mpulungu - Kenya and Tanzania
- Mpulungu to Cape Town - Zambia, Zimbabwe and South Africa
- Santiago to South Pole - Chile and Antarctica
Seven of the pictures, taken at and near the North Pole and the South Pole, were not taken by Basil Pao, as there was no room for him in the small airplanes used at the two extremes of the trip.
One amazing statistic mentioned by Michael Palin in the introduction to this book is that Basil Pao took 30,000 pictures during the 5½ months that the trip lasted. 30,000 pictures is approx. 850 rolls of film or approx. 200 pictures and 6 rolls of film every day.