LOST WORLDS Ruins of the Americas Photographs by Arthur Drooker Foreword by Pico Iyer LOST WORLDS is a powerful visual meditation on the cultures, conflicts and conquests that forged the New World. Covering significant ruins in Mexico, the Caribbean, Central America and South America, this large format publication offers a unique pictorial survey of the geographical, architectural and historical diversity that defines the Americas. Produced by Verve Editions, Lost Worlds highlights ruins that are acknowledged world wonders, little known gems and outright surprises. They include monumental temples of Mexico’s Maya civilization, a former king’s palace on the island of Haiti, colonial churches ravaged by earthquakes in Guatemala and iconic Inca citadels in Peru’s Sacred Valley. Brief, informative text describes the rise, fall and lasting significance of each site. Lost Worlds represents the culmination of an intensive three-year project by award-winning photographer and writer Arthur Drooker who traveled to thirty-three sites in sixteen countries. His luminous images, shot with a specially adapted digital infrared camera, expose crumbled walls, weathered facades and overgrown flora in ways most readers have never seen. • A unique, awe-inspiring photographic survey of antiquities of the Americas • A large format book richly illustrated with approximately 125 photographs of   thirty-three ruins in sixteen countries •A visually stunning publication that will appeal to a wide audience, including those   interested in photography, history, art, architecture, archeology, preservation   and travel ARTHUR DROOKER is a photographer whose work has been exhibited and published since 1980. His award-winning book, American Ruins (Merrell, 2007), was the first photographic survey of historic ruins throughout the United States. He is also an Emmy Award-winning writer and director of television documentaries. PICO IYER is the author of six books including Video Night in Kathmandu (Vintage, 1989). His essays and articles have appeared in Time, Harpers, The New Yorker, The New York Review of Books and many other publications around the world.