<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br><i>Caspian: The Elements</i> is Chloe Dewe Mathews's record of her journey through the beguiling Caspian region, considering its people and geography. Far from the arena of global politics, Dewe Mathews found that materials like oil, salt, and water are involved in the mystical, practical, artistic, religious, and therapeutic aspects of daily life. <i>Caspian: The Elements</i> is composed of a series of visual stories exploring the link between humans and this enigmatic and much-coveted landscape.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><i>Caspian: The Elements</i> is Chloe Dewe Mathews's record of five years spent roaming the borderlands of the Caspian Sea. In a resource-rich region roiled by contested geopolitics, Dewe Mathews found that elemental materials like oil, rock, and uranium are central to the mystical, practical, artistic, religious, and therapeutic aspects of daily life. With essays by Morad Montazami, Sean O'Hagan, and Arnold van Bruggen, <i>Caspian: The Elements</i> offers a series of powerful visual narratives that explore the deep links between the peoples of the Caspian and their enigmatic and coveted landscapes. <p/>Copublished by Aperture and Peabody Museum Press<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>"In <i>Caspian</i> British documentary photographer Chloe Dewe Matthews delves deep into the landscapes and people of the Caspian Sea. Using the region's rich natural resources - oil, rock, uranium - she explores the religious traditions and communal practices, including bathing in crude oil, that endure in an area more often defined by its contested geopolitics."--Sean O'Hagan, <i>The Guardian</i>, Best Books of 2018, Photography category<br>
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