Desert Eves: An Indian Paradise

by Hans W. Silvester and Catherine Clément

In the harsh Thar desert of Rajasthan State in Northwest India, the famed photographer Hans Silvester found his paradise. Not far from the birthplace of Mahatma Gandhi, who assumed the ways of the poor out of solidarity, the women of the desert live a hard life, without electricity, without running water, without doctors. With only the simplest means, they keep their homes scrupulously clean and decorate them with wonderful designs. With the barest...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0810934752
• ISBN13: 9780810934757
• Release Date: January 2002
• Publisher: Harry N. Abrams
• Length: 227 Pages
• Weight: 4.62 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 11.5" x 12.0"
• Age Range: 13 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 8 to Postsecondary