BAOBAB – DER ZAUBERBAUM | L’ARBRE MAGIQUE | THE MAGIC TREE

“Pascal Maitre‘s beautiful photographs contained in this book illustrate how fascinating these unique and mythical trees are.“ Jacques Rocher, Honorary President of the Yves Rocher Foundation – Institut de France
 
The enormous trunk is fire-resistant, and the leaves are used to make medicine. The fruit called ‘monkey bread’ is edible and rich in vitamin C. The tree is able to store thousands of litres of water. Older trees are often hollow, offering shelter for humans and animals alike. Some of the trees are 1600 years old. BAOBAB is the work of one of the most extraordinary photographers of our times.
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WHEN LIGHT WILL TOUCH AFRICA | QUAND L’AFRIQUE S’ÉCLAIRERA | AFRIKA WIRD LEUCHTEN

“As we live without electricity, from 7 pm we feel as if we were living in a grave.” Joseph Honnon, Adido, Benin.

Pascal Maitre, one of the most famous photographers covering Africa, and Jean-Marc Gonin, seasoned reporter for the Figaro Magazine, have teamed up to document the lives of hundreds of millions of Africans deprived of any access to electricity: 70 % of the people in Sub-Saharan Africa have no access to electricity.

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AMAZING AFRICA

or 30 years and with deep journalistic passion, French photographer Pascal Maitre has put this most exciting continent on his agenda. His watchful and incorruptible eye has found gorgeous, captivating images in places where political and social upheaval shook the world. The pictures were published in big-name magazines such as GEO, Paris Match, L’Express, Stern and National Geographic. In his photographs Maitre subtly uses angle, light, contrast and colour to document Africa, touchingly, full of magic and fascination, with a deep respect for the African people. AMAZING AFRICA is the work of one of the most outstanding photographers of our times.

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