Bøger af Pino Shah

India's first city to be designated as a World Heritage City is located in the western state of Gujarat. World Heritage Photographer, Author, and Publisher of six books on historic architecture, Pino Shah, takes you through a visual journey of the city of Ahmedabad (Amdavad). The book showcases some of the finest historic architecture of the 600+-year-old city, its culture, the people, festivities, day-trips from Ahmedabad and, more. A colorful journey based on 950+ photographs selected from over 20,000 photographs taken over a nine-year period.The book is a highly visual book with 95% images and 5% text.

Through photographs, Architecture of the Lower Rio Grande Valley: An Introduction, celebrates the architecture of the Texas-Mexico border region, its craftsmen, its cultures and its climate.The 40 architectural images by Pino Shah provide a journey through 160 years of history and heritage, revealing the border's built environment as altered through diverse cultures: Mexican, Spanish, American, German, and French. The photographs highlight the distinctive styles -- Spanish and Mexican Colonial, border brick, Mid-century Modern, Pan American and 21st Century - found in the southernmost region of Texas. These architecturally significant buildings are often culturally and historically significant as well.Pino Shah @ArtByPino is a world heritage, architecture, and performing arts photographer based in McAllen, Texas, and Ahmedabad, India. Stephen Fox is an architectural historian and Fellow of the Anchorage Foundation of Texas provided the narratives for photographs and is as an architectural advisor to the project.

Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque is a photographic journey through one of Islam's greatest mosques, the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque in Abu Dhabi. Completed in 2007, the Mosque was commissioned by Sheikh Zayed, president of the United Arab Emirates, as a symbol of all the best in Islam. Pino Shah's images showcase the lush architecture and artistry that make this holy place not only a beautiful landmark, but a sanctuary for learning and peace.