Jimmy Nelson

Since his first internationally acclaimed exploration through Tibet almost 30 years ago, Jimmy Nelson has travelled to the world’s most hidden corners to photograph indigenous people. In 2013 he published his first book, Before They Pass Away, which was created to raise awareness around the world’s unimaginable diversity. In his new book Homage to Humanity, Jimmy shares more stories from the world’s last indigenous cultures. As well as iconic photographs, the new volume contains personal interviews with the portrayed individuals, compelling travel tales and infographics, and maps of his routes.

Jimmy has included cultural expressions from around the world in stills, but the book is more an immersive experience than a visual eye-catcher alone. This is because every photograph on the page has a hidden digital layer, thanks to the accompanying mobile app Jimmy Nelson Companion. You can scan any image in the book to bring up the world behind it, and find behind-the-scenes footage and a 360-degree experience.

“My work is a subjective, romantic, iconic and artistic representation of how