Bhutan : a visual odyssey across the last Himalayan kingdom
(Book)

Map on lining papers: "The Kingdom of Bhutan drawn by David Macaulay, Bristol, Rhode Island, September 21, 2003."

Photographers: Carolyn Bess, Sandy Choi, Dorji Drukpa, Michael Hawley, Becky Hurwitz, Choki Lhamo Kaka, Gyelsey Loday, Christopher Newell, David Salesin, Ming Zhang; illustrator, David Macaulay; editor, Christopher Newell.

Images taken throughout Bhutan on expeditions from 1998-2002.

GPS recorded for every shot digitally stamped with precise GPS and atlas information.

Teams from MIT and Friendly Planet took over 40,000 photographs on four expeditions across the country. Local students joined these ambitious trips and helped with the photography. Approximately 100 images were chosen and loosely follow these journeys. Portraits of people are life-size (or bigger). Panoramas convey some of the staggering sweep of the mountains and the awesome ancient architecture. "Bhutan" begins with an atlas of the country, created by renowned artist and author David Macaulay expressly for this book.