Publisher's Synopsis
From the soaring mountains to the ragged wadis and the gentle coastal plains where the surf of the Arabian Sea crashes ashore, the Sultanate of Oman is blessed with a breathtaking allure.
Lofty peaks, impassable to even the hardiest four-by-four, tower along the Hajar Mountain range, dividing the Empty Quarter's vast sea of shifting sands from the lush coastal lowlands that slope down to the ocean. The remote villages that nestle between these mountain spurs are home to communities whose way of life is in many ways little changed since ancient times. Larger towns on the coast, born of trading posts and fishing ports, would perhaps once have welcomed the original Sindbad with his lavishly embellished accounts of travels beyond Oman's shores.
Jaap Croese's lens captures so much of this and more: the people of Oman, their traditions and heritage and the way of life today. Oman, A Photographic Voyage is an invaluable companion for any visitor - armchair or literal - who would like to wander back across this beautiful Sultanate.
