Format
Hardcover
Price
$35
Publication Date
September 14, 2021
ISBN
9781948062411
Page Count
256
Trim Size
11 X 8.5 inches
Color
240 Full-Color Photographs
Printed In the United States
The Bonds We Share
Images of Humanity, 40 Years Around the Globe
by Dr. Glenn Losack
In extraordinary, life-affirming photos taken around the world—from developing villages to urban centers—over the last 40 years, a photographer makes the bold case that what unites us is more powerful than the borders that divide us.
A portion of the proceeds for The Bonds We Share will benefit Doctors Without Borders.
Hailed as “photography’s new conscience,” photographer and psychiatrist Dr. Glenn Losack has spent a lifetime traveling the world, determined to extend healing, hope, and compassion. With a camera in hand, he goes places that tourists rarely visit, including slums, alleys, and dark streets. He’s seen struggle, but he’s also seen our shared humanity: families playing together, laborers working, the devout praying to their gods. Dr. Losack has found resilience, joy, passion, and celebration in communities the world over, even in places plagued with corrupt government, poor infrastructure, and disease.
The 240 captivating photos in The Bonds We Share, taken in India, the Dominican Republic, Bangladesh, Cambodia, Morocco, Peru, Tunisia, Sri Lanka, Egypt, the United States, Eastern Europe, and elsewhere, serve as a remarkable retrospective of Dr. Losack’s work and reveal an essential truth: we may come from very different cultures, far-ranging geographic corners, belief systems, and economic circumstances, but we all share the same desire to work hard, raise families, and lead fulfilling lives. In this spectacular volume, Dr. Losack interrogates timely notions of difference and portrays the commonality of people from different cultures around the globe.
About the Author
Dr. Glenn Losack is a psychiatrist, physician, photographer, social activist, and musician who has traveled and worked extensively in the developing world for over forty years. Devoted to raising awareness of poverty and stymying the stigma of diseases like leprosy, Dr. Losack has worked with the Medical Benevolent Foundation, Doctors Without Borders, and Catholic Charities, and has given lectures on psychiatric care throughout India, Bangladesh, Vietnam, and Eastern Europe. His work has been featured in National Geographic, Asian Geographic, and Popular and American Photography, and has been selected for Kodak’s “Picture of the Day” five times. As a psychiatrist, Dr. Losack practices “tele-psychiatry,” utilizing videoconferencing to treat rural populations in underserved communities with very few psychiatrists, and today, he treats four hundred patients throughout Middle America. Dr. Losack has also worked with patients in prisons in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and New York for over twenty-five years, including those in solitary confinement, those serving life sentences, and those on death row. Dr. Losack travels regularly but lives in Manhattan.
Praise for The Bonds We Share
“We may be separated by oceans, languages, and cultures, but we are all connected. Dr. Glenn Losack’s beautiful pictorial The Bonds We Share reminds us of our universal connection to one another through a series of stunning, personal, and often emotional images. Dr. Losack reminds us that we have so much more that joins us rather than separates us. In these faces from distant lands we can see much of ourselves. This is a joyful, celebratory collection.” —Jim Moret, author of The Last Day of My Life and chief correspondent of Inside Edition
“Dr. Losack’s unforgettable photography in The Bonds We Share is exquisite and full of amazing, touching images which drive home the unquestionably powerful theme that people worldwide share a commonality in their daily lives. We all want a peaceful planet and a better, more meaningful future for our children. You will love this beautiful book and its profound, universal message.” —Rita Cosby, Emmy-winning journalist and best-selling author of Quiet Hero: Secret’s from My Father’s Past
“I feel like I’ve just taken a trip around the world through Glenn’s photographs. I am struck by the way he captures a world of different people in different places, illustrating that we are truly all the same. He shows us the amazing colors of life.” —May Pang, artist, former music executive, and author of Loving John and Instamatic Karma: Photos of John Lennon
“Dr. Losack’s powerful photographs are not only stunning and poignant, but they also manage to reach deep into the soul and collective unconscious of his audience. He reminds us why we are here: to love, learn, and discover the beauty in one another. These are the bonds we all share and that show that we are all connected in this world.” —Dr. Jeff Gardere, psychologist, author, and contributor to Fox, NBC, MSNBC, and CNN
“Glenn Losack has an unprecedented ability to peer into pain and find soul and beauty. His photography profoundly gives a voice to those who have no microphone.” —Alice Feiring, James Beard award-winning wine and travel writer and author of Naked Wine, For the Love of Wine, and Natural Wine for the People
“A powerful and necessary message for our times, Dr. Losack’s work is massive, exquisite, and covers so many of life’s meaningful and evocative themes. He captures foreign cultures with an emotive awareness, and quite successfully involves his audience in this endeavor. Every photograph is depicted with care and grace.” —Dr. Robi Ludwig, author, psychotherapist, and TV personality
“We have all heard the phrase, ‘a picture is worth a thousand words,’ and the photographs in The Bonds We Share are absolutely breathtaking. Dr. Losack has certainly captured what makes us all commonly bonded in this powerful and optimistic book and shows that no matter who we are or where we’re from, we are more similar than different.” —Joan Lunden, award-winning journalist, best-selling author, former cohost of ABC’s Good Morning America, and host of PBS’s Second Opinion with Joan Lunden
“A timely pictorial, The Bonds We Share shines a bright light on our innate similarities.” —Preferred Health magazine
“This is most definitely the work of a master of the stunning snapshot.” —F-Stop Magazine
“Losack finds the true colors of every population he visits, and transforms their daily struggles into a visual message of hope and compassion. An inspiring and thought-provoking addition to your photo library.” —Amex Essentials