PHOTO THE SPECTACULAR WORLD OF HUMAN RITUAL SEEN THROUGH THE EYES OF THE MASTER PHOTOGRAPHERS OF OUR TIME — A STUNNING VISUAL CELEBRATION OF LIFE "Editor David Cohen set out to chronicle an immense subject-rites of passage around the world— and he produced a volume of such wonder that Life has devoted (an) entire issue to it." - LIFE "Elaborately beautiful... The Circle of Life is a powerful affirmation of the way tradition, by linking our ephemeral lives with the more enduring human community, grants us all a certain measure of immortality." - THE LOS ANGELES TIMES BOOK REVIEW "The common ties that bind us all together ... beautiful, shocking, heartwarming rituals captured over eighteen months by top photographers in seventy-three countries." - THE LONDON SUNDAY TIMES MAGAZINE "In 1955, Edward Steichen organized 'The Family of Man,' an exhibition at the Muscum of Modern Art in New York, celebrating the essential oneness of humanity.' Steichen's show has since become a photojournalistic landmark. Now David Cohen, part of the former team that created the 'Day in the Life' series in the '80s, has updated the family album." - AMERICAN PHOTO "[This wonderfully upbeat celebration of the diversity of rituals and ceremonies the world over . . unites the human community." - THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE "The differences and likenesses are fascinating and profound.... From the Veiled Prophet Ball in St. Louis to a funeral in New Guinea, the book presents memorable images of life, death, and the high points in between." - ST. LOUIS POST DISPATCH "There are amazing images here... It's lovely to see how various the wide world is, and how familiar." - THE MIAMI HERALD "Brilliantly captures the essence of shared humanity." - SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER "A volume to be studied and cherished." — THE NEW ORLEANS TIMES-PICAYUNE DAVID COHEN directed A Day in the Life of China and co-directed eight other Day in the Life books. He has received the American Society of Magazine Photographers' "Innovation in Photography Award," a silver medal from the Spanish government, and most recently a 1990 National Jewish Book Award. His Day in the Life of America is the largest selling photography book in history. Cover design: Marc Tedeschi Cover Photograph: Daniel Lainé/Actuel HarperSanFrancisco