In these pages we visit every continent and the oceans that both separate and link them, in the company of some of the world's early photographers to such modern masters as Sam Abell, William Albert Allard, lodi Cobb, and many more. Each of the book's twelve chapters focuses on a particular region, its natural splendors and wildlife, its peoples and their cultures; each is introduced by a thoughtful essay by Ferdinand Protzman, who reflects upon the art of photography and its many layers of meaning.

Here are big-city streets awash in neon from New York to Sydney, dusty North African towns, and the long-deserted ruins of Machu Picchu. One spread discovers a camel caravan on a lonely trek across the immense, empty Sahara Desert while another captures more than two million Hajjis worshiping at Mecca's most sacred shrine. Two cheetahs are frozen in mid-leap; a stork wings its way across the frame in a pastel composition worthy of Hokusai. Every vision is arresting, unique, unforgettable.

A companion volume to Through the Lens and In Focus, Wide Angle completes a magnificent trilogy that spans the globe and sweeps across more than a century of dramatic photography to show us ourselves and the world around us in all its wonderful wealth of glories great and small.