From front-lines to touch-lines, political downfalls to private triumphs, the press photographer can define a moment for ever, burning their vision onto the international conscious via newspaper pages all over the world. Beginning with revolution in Prague, ending with Jonny Wilkinson’s World Cup-winning kick, this compelling collection of images from some of the world’s leading photographers documents a world in constant change. Across battlefields and red carpets, art galleries and global summits, packed stadiums and ruined homes, Five Thousand Days chronicles the pinnacles of success and achievement, as well as the depths of human suffering and misery. Many images are iconic, as familiar to the reader as the event itself; others, filed too late for printing deadlines, cropped, or lost in the churning news process, are seen in full for the first time.
Uncompromising and extraordinarily moving, Five Thousand Days is a unique fifteen-year journey over the Millennium through the eyes of the finest image-makers of the period.

Five Thousand Days is published by David & Charles on 30th September 2004 RRP £29.99
320 pages 280x250mm Hardback with 370 Full Colour and Duotone photographs
Printed in Italy by EBS Verona

The accompanying exhibition is on display at the:

National Theatre Lyttelton Foyer
South Bank, London SE1
11 October - 4 December 2004
Open Monday - Saturday 10am - 11pm
Admission Free

Exhibition C-Type prints by Loxley Colour



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