Fine Print: A leg rower propels his canoe over Inle Lake. Shan States, Burma, 1942 Guy Le Querrec Prints

Fine Print: A leg rower propels his canoe over Inle Lake. Shan States, Burma, 1942 Guy Le Querrec PrintsTraumatized by his years of war reporting, George Rodger embarked on a 75,000 mile journey all over Africa, the Middle East, India, Afghanistan, Burma and China focusing on ways of life that exist in a close relationship with nature. Africa remained a preoccupation for him for over thirty years. Pictured here, a leg rower propels his canoe in Burma, 1942.

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