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1st Edition / 1st Printing - CLEAN!! No marks. Might as well be new. Appears unread. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . When Mother Teresa died at age 87 in 1997, she left behind an org., the Missionaries of Charity, that today continues her work in countries around the world. In 1995, Schaefer met Mother Teresa during a visit to Atlanta, Georgia. Schaefer was given an opportunity to do a photo story for CNN. She decided to turn the assignment into a journey into the world of Mother Teresa; she went to work in an orphanage in Calcutta. This led to a growing relationship between the two women that culminated in Linda being given permission to photograph whatever she felt would show the real environment in which this remarkable woman & her nuns & volunteers lived & worked. The result is this vol. of photos & words (that came from Schaefer s own handwritten journal). Unlike most books of photographs about Mother Teresa, Come and See is very unique. It combines the text of a journal handwritten by photojournalist Linda Schaefer as well as some 160 full color photographs taken as she lived and worked with the Missionaries of Charities and the international team of volunteers in various facilities run by Mother Teresa throughout India. Schaefer had decided many years ago that she wanted to shoot a pictorial on Mother Teresa and her work. Finally in 1995 she had a brief encounter with the living saint during a visit to Atlanta. This renewed her passion to photograph the nun in her natural surroundings and share a different look at Mother Teresa with the world. This was not an easy task. Mother Teresa was opposed to "another book" about her. As she put it, "too many people are making money and none of it gets to the poor who really need it." After accepting a challenge from Mother Teresa to put her cameras down and go to work in the orphanages and houses of the dying, Schaefer finally received the answer to her prayers. Mother Teresa penned a note to Linda granting her complete and unfettered access to her facilities, the Missionaries of Charity, the international team of volunteers, and thousands of poor and sick. The result is a book that was created around the dictates of Mother Teresa. As she put it, she wanted the people who picked up this book to see "her world" -- the environment in which she lived and shared her love. She wanted viewers to actually "see, smell and hear" the real world in which she lived and worked.. She didn't want a book packed full of individual photos of herself, and so Schaefer's work portrays all of the component parts thatmade up the world of Mother Teresa.
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Unlike most books of photographs about Mother Teresa, Come and See is very unique. It combines the text of a journal handwritten by photojournalist Linda Schaefer as well as some 160 full color photog...
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