Living with Volcanoes

Cris Toala Olivares

A

new remarkable book by renowned and awarded photographer Cris Toala Olivares

The relationship between mankind and volcanoes is masterfully pictured in this book

Featuring volcanoes from all over the world

The documentary photographer Cris Toala Olivares came face to face with the tremendous forces coming from the core of the earth during the eruption of the Tungurahua volcano in Ecuador in 2014. People who had been living on the fertile flanks for generations were forced to leave, something that despite the looming threat they only did with much reluctance. Toala Olivares was touched by this and decided to explore the different relationships people – all over the world – have with volcanoes. He visited 14 volcanoes, from Iceland to Indonesia, stood literally atop his research subject and spoke with the people that lived on, besides and underneath the volcano in their vicinity. And so Living with Volcanoes was born.

245 x 340 mm | 320 pages | 8,000 words full colour illustrations | hardcover | all rights available English manuscript available

The Amsterdam-based Dutch-Ecuadorian documentary photographer Cris Toala Olivares travels around the world, chasing the world news but his own stories as well. His vision and perspective have won him many awards, like a Magnum Photography Award. He is also often asked as a public speaker, for instance for TED Talks. In the meantime he works for big media like Reuters, National Geographic and Der Spiegel.