Born in Cheshire in 1908, George Rodger served in the British Merchant Navy. His pictures of the London Blitz brought him to the attention of Life Magazine, and he became a war correspondent. He photographed the German surrender at Lüneburg for Time and Life. Traumatized by the experience of looking for ‘nice compositions’ in front of the dead, Rodger embarked on a 28,000-mile journey all over Africa and the Middle East, focusing on ways of life that exist in a close relationship with nature.