INTO THE ORIENT

In the spring of 1955, the celebrated French photographer Marc Riboud (born 1923) bought an old Land Rover from George Rodger (the B ritish photojournalist) and set out for Calcutta. Reared on his father's stories of traveling, Riboud was keen to strike out into un familiar terrain and see as much of the Middle East and Asia as possible. He first stopped in Istanbul, traveled through the rural l andscapes of Cappadocia and Anatolia, and then headed across Persia, into Afghanistan, where he made extended forays into its tribal regions...[Read more]