Wander - 9780903696869

• Wander is the second title in Sean Palfrey's photography book series, featuring previously unseen work produced over five decades of artistic output. Home, ISBN 9780903696654, was the first book in the series

• Wander features Palfrey's insightful and lyrical writings and beautiful travel photography, including many in-camera, multiple-exposure images

• Alongside his passion for photography, Sean Palfrey has had an illustrious career as a pediatrician, dean at Harvard University, parent, and advocate for national and global child health programs and policies

To wander is to travel without a fixed route or destination, to move expectantly through the world. Wander, the second volume in Sean Palfrey’s photography book series, explores the joy of following a winding course.

Palfrey is a renowned pediatrician and child health advocate, who travels the world with his work and for pleasure. His fascination with people, places, and stories informs both his artistic and professional practices. Wander traces Palfrey’s journeys across continents and cultures over five decades and features seventy photographs of remarkable places, from the mountain ranges of South Africa to the beaches of Chile, the woods of Canada to the deserts of New Mexico, to name a few. In the text accompanying each photo, Palfrey recounts his experiences and meditations in lyrical narratives.

Wander depicts and describes vastness, intimacy, beauty, and loss. Palfrey affirms photography’s capacity to spark our imaginations: “Every photo here has a story, a backstory, a then-story, and a since-story.”