'National Geographic. The United States Of America'

In this larger-than-life volume, Taschen celebrates 100 years of the U.S.A through the archives of the world’s most illustrious photography magazine. A vivid tour of a vast and evolving nation, this state-by-state showcase features over 700 images of landscape, industry and lifestyle from Alabama to Wyoming. Exhilarating, thought-provoking and beautiful, 'National Geographic. The United States Of America' is a kaleidoscopic portrait through time and place — from the glamor of the Rockies to the barbershops of Kentucky, the Hollywood Hills to the homespun mountain traditions of Mississippi, burgeoning towns to big cities. A photobook with an aptly cinematic feel, the title incidentally reveals a history of American photography: from 1920s monochrome to midcentury Kodachrome, the reportage style of the seventies and eighties, to digital photography in the 1990s. Authored by Jeff Z. Klein and Joe Yogerst, with an introduction by David Walker, this iconic and intimate collection belongs on the shelves of every cultural esthete.