Maldives

Maldives by Friedel, Michael. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9783929489019.

With his incomparable photographs of the Maldive Island, Michael Friedel, one of Germanys leading photojournalists, has made the breathtaking beauty of these jewels of the Indian Ocean famous throughout the word. His aerial views of the Maldives have given a new perspective of their home to the islanders themselves. On the 10th anniversary of the Maldive independence his pictures were used in a series of postage stamps. For over twenty years Michael Friedel has been taking photograph of these tropical atolls on land, under water and from the air. This volume contains a selection of his finest work.