Inside Sahara
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Inside Sahara is a large coffee-table style book containing pictures taken by Basil Pao
, who was the stills photographer on the team that made the Sahara with Michael Palin TV program for the BBC
.
Michael Palin
's name is prominently displayed on the cover, and he has contributed a two-page Introduction.
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 local people, some as informal portraits, some showing people engaged in various activities. The rest of the pictures are beautiful landscapes, many depicting the harsh yet fascinating desert.
The book is divided into the following 11 sections: Morocco, Algeria (West), Western Sahara, Mauritania, Senegal, Mali, Niger, Algeria (Centre), Libya, Tunisia and Algeria (North).
There is also a two-page Foreword by Basil Pao, and there are 12 pages that contain 78 very small pictures that provide some insights into how the BBC film crew did their work.
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 Sahara with Michael Palin 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 two-page Introduction.
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 local people, some as informal portraits, some showing people engaged in various activities. The rest of the pictures are beautiful landscapes, many depicting the harsh yet fascinating desert.
The book is divided into the following 11 sections: Morocco, Algeria (West), Western Sahara, Mauritania, Senegal, Mali, Niger, Algeria (Centre), Libya, Tunisia and Algeria (North).
There is also a two-page Foreword by Basil Pao, and there are 12 pages that contain 78 very small pictures that provide some insights into how the BBC film crew did their work.