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Shadows in the Sand
Following the Forty Days Road  A risalla heading north near the Egyptian-Sudanese border. photo by Lorraine Chittock |
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A new edition of Shadows in the Sand Following the Forty Days Road will be available in November 2008. 
Reserve your copy by e-mailing Lorraine. (If you need a collectors first edition copy they're available on Amazon.com for $285.) Download a Magazine Article
Explore the fabled Forty Days Road by arm-chair. For camel and desert fanatics, and those with a yearning for wild open spaces.
Hardbound 164 pages 22 x 22 cm (8 1/2 x 11 inches) Over 200 photographs |
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With the shifting sands and shaky political
climate of Sudan and Egypt as a backdrop, Shadows in the Sand is one woman's story of her adventures travelling the Forty Days Road with eight Sudanese men, two hundred camels and one other Western woman. The ancient caravan route dates back to pharonic times and as they slowly traverse the vast Libyan desert, it quickly becomes apparent that as the caravan route begins to slip into obscurity with the modernisation of transportation, the relationships that develop between the members of the team are timeless and the adventure becomes a microcosm of human existence. |
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Here's what
publications say about Shadows in the Sand: Photojournalist Chittock joined
the men who keep this trade alive and produced a multifaceted visual record
of a business where transactions are bound by honor, transport is on the
hoof and nights are passed under desert stars... Her text interweaves reportage, anthropological detail and disarmingly intimate, often humorous personal notes."
"Ms. Chittock first titilates, then entices, and ultimately commands the viewer to see and feel simultaneously: A courageous achievement for both photographer and audience."
"With visual finesse and exemplary personal sensitivity, Chittock has set into real-life human context that most venerable of desert cliche's, the camel. Her eye is always warm, even in the most trying circumstances, but she is not romantic. Her writing moves effortlessly from the disinterest of reportage to the intimacy of the diarist. Through her work, the reader is reminded again of the enduring power of systematic, compassionate documentary photography and thoughtful writing to truly enhance understanding of the world we live in." "No matter how many times we've seen them... we have never seen camels like this before... The author's conflict between her love for animals and the brutal reality of the drive takes Shadows in the Sand far beyond the genre of cute animal book."
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ON A MISSION FROM DOG
CAIRO CATS
