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class="author_subtitle">Author of <a href="/work/7998" data-workid="7998" data-title="Through-the-Lens-National-Geographics-Greatest-Photographs" target="_top" class="" >Through the Lens: National Geographic's Greatest Photographs</a></h2></div><div class="pagecard_messages"><div class="lt_scoreboard "><span class="scoreboard_item"><i class="fa-solid fa-book" aria-hidden="true" data-a11y="true"></i> 29 Works</span><span class="scoreboard_item"><i class="fa-solid fa-user" aria-hidden="true" data-a11y="true"></i> 1,496 Members</span><span class="scoreboard_item"><i class="fa-solid fa-feather-alt" aria-hidden="true" data-a11y="true"></i> 11 Reviews</span><span class="scoreboard_item"><i class="fa-solid fa-star" aria-hidden="true" data-a11y="true"></i> 1 Favorited</span></div></div></div></section><section class="w_a_section" id="section_about_author" ><h2 class="lt_turndown" id="u_5501" data-caret-id="tdc_u_5501" data-hidden-id="tdh_u_b5e5" data-visible="1" onclick="lt.newauthor.saveSticky("about_author", event);;lt.turndown_toggle(this, event);" href="javascript:void(0);" data-duration="200" data-name="about_author" data-group="worksections" ><i class="fa-solid fa-chevron-up turndown_indicator" id="tdc_u_5501" data-turndown-style="chevron" ></i>About the Author</h2><span id="tdh_u_b5e5" ><a name="about_author"></a><div class="author_aka tinytext"><p class="alsoknownas">Includes the names: <span id="u_707f69cc" class="lt_itemlist"><span class="ltil_item " ><a href="/author/valleahbendavid&norefer=2">Leah Bendavid Val</a>, </span><span class="ltil_item " ><a href="/author/leahbendavidval&norefer=2">Leah Bendavid-Val</a></span></span></p></div><div class="tinytext">Image credit: Fresh Fiction</div></span></section><section class="w_a_section" id="section_series" ><h2 class="lt_turndown" id="u_7022" data-caret-id="tdc_u_7022" data-hidden-id="tdh_u_0cff" data-visible="1" onclick="lt.newauthor.saveSticky("series", event);;lt.turndown_toggle(this, event);" href="javascript:void(0);" data-duration="200" data-name="series" data-group="worksections" ><i class="fa-solid fa-chevron-up turndown_indicator" id="tdc_u_7022" data-turndown-style="chevron" ></i>Series</h2><span id="tdh_u_0cff" ><a name="series"></a><div class="worklist serieslist"><div id="u_3c59bca0" class="lt_itemlist"><div class="ltil_item " ><a href="/nseries/142576/National-Geographic-Moments" class="" >National Geographic Moments</a></div></div></div></span></section><section class="w_a_section" id="section_mainworks" ><h2 class="lt_turndown" id="u_0daf" data-caret-id="tdc_u_0daf" data-hidden-id="tdh_u_0f7b" data-visible="1" onclick="lt.newauthor.saveSticky("mainworks", event);;lt.turndown_toggle(this, event);" href="javascript:void(0);" data-duration="200" data-name="mainworks" data-group="worksections" ><i class="fa-solid fa-chevron-up turndown_indicator" id="tdc_u_0daf" data-turndown-style="chevron" ></i>Works by Leah Bendavid-Val</h2><span id="tdh_u_0f7b" ><a name="mainworks"></a><div class="section_controls"><div data-value="0" class="lt_pillbox lt_blend_nav small lt_small" id="recent_pillbox" ><a data-value="0" data-onclick="lt.newauthor.sortWorks('bendavidvalleah', 0);" role="button" class="selected" ><span class="ltp_txt">Popular</span></a class="" ><a data-value="1" data-onclick="lt.newauthor.sortWorks('bendavidvalleah', 1);" role="button" class="" ><span class="ltp_txt">Recent</span></a class="" ></div class="" ></div><div class="worklist"><div id="u_b7e85336" class="lt_itemlist list"><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/7998" data-workid="7998" data-title="Through-the-Lens-National-Geographics-Greatest-Photographs" class="" >Through the Lens: National Geographic's Greatest Photographs</a> <span class="date">(2003)</span> <span class="copies note">577 copies</span><span class="reviews note">, 5 reviews</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/685613" data-workid="685613" data-title="National-Geographic-The-Photographs-National-Geographic-Collectors-Series" class="" >National Geographic: The Photographs (National Geographic Collectors Series)</a> <span class="date">(1994)</span> <span class="copies note">537 copies</span><span class="reviews note">, 2 reviews</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/376554" data-workid="376554" data-title="Photographs-Then-and-Now" class="" >Photographs Then and Now</a> <span class="date">(1998)</span> <span class="copies note">85 copies</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/4086058" data-workid="4086058" data-title="Song-Without-Words-The-Photographs-Diaries-of-Countess-Sophia-Tolstoy" class="" >Song Without Words: The Photographs & Diaries of Countess Sophia Tolstoy</a> <span class="date">(2007)</span> <span class="copies note">83 copies</span><span class="reviews note">, 1 review</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/4691620" data-workid="4691620" data-title="National-Geographic-Photographs-The-Milestones" class="" >National Geographic Photographs: The Milestones</a> <span class="date">(1999)</span> <span class="copies note">56 copies</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/1456193" data-workid="1456193" data-title="Hats" class="" >Hats</a> <span class="date">(2004)</span> <span class="copies note">27 copies</span><span class="reviews note">, 1 review</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/6743619" data-workid="6743619" data-title="Odysseys-and-Photographs-Four-National-Geographic-Field-Men-Maynard-Owen-Williams-Luis-Marden-Volkmar-Wentzel-and-Thomas-Abercrombie" class="" >Odysseys and Photographs: Four National Geographic Field Men--Maynard Owen Williams, Luis Marden, Volkmar Wentzel, and…</a> <span class="date">(2008)</span> <span class="copies note">24 copies</span><span class="reviews note">, 2 reviews</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/1807515" data-workid="1807515" data-title="Stories-on-Paper-Glass-Pioneering-Photography-at-National-Geographic" class="" >Stories on Paper & Glass: Pioneering Photography at National Geographic</a> <span class="date">(2001)</span> <span class="copies note">21 copies</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/4555319" data-workid="4555319" data-title="Changing-Reality-Recent-Soviet-Photography" class="" >Changing Reality: Recent Soviet Photography</a> <span class="date">(1991)</span> <span class="copies note">14 copies</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/6389274" data-workid="6389274" data-title="National-Geographic-MOMENTS-GARDENS" class="" >National Geographic MOMENTS: GARDENS</a> <span class="date">(2003)</span> <span class="copies note">14 copies</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/15577011" data-workid="15577011" data-title="Siberia-In-the-Eyes-of-Russian-Photographers" class="" >Siberia: In the Eyes of Russian Photographers</a> <span class="date">(2013)</span> <span class="copies note">9 copies</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/1868924" data-workid="1868924" data-title="National-Geographic-MOMENTS-WEDDINGS-National-Geographic-Moments" class="" >National Geographic MOMENTS: WEDDINGS (National Geographic Moments)</a> <span class="date">(2003)</span> <span class="copies note">6 copies</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/23721245" data-workid="23721245" data-title="Stories-on-Paper-and-Glass-Pioneering-Photography-at-National-Geographic" class="" >Stories on Paper and Glass: Pioneering Photography at National Geographic</a> <span class="copies note">6 copies</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/11661966" data-workid="11661966" data-title="I-grandi-fotografi-di-National-Geographic" class="" >I grandi fotografi di National Geographic</a> <span class="date">(2006)</span> <span class="copies note">5 copies</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/7758423" data-workid="7758423" data-title="National-Geographic-MOMENTS-CARS" class="" >National Geographic MOMENTS: CARS</a> <span class="date">(2003)</span> <span class="copies note">5 copies</span></div><div id="u_8c9cf744" class="rolldown" data-action="slide" data-more="show more" data-less="show less" data-all="show all 29" ><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/19546712" data-workid="19546712" data-title="Le-National-Geographic-Les-Photographies" class="" >Le National Geographic : Les Photographies</a> <span class="date">(2001)</span> <span class="copies note">3 copies</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/22271973" data-workid="22271973" data-title="Las-Mejores-fotograf-iacute-as-National-geographic" class="" >Las Mejores fotografías : National geographic</a> <span class="date">(1995)</span> <span class="copies note">3 copies</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/6389271" data-workid="6389271" data-title="Home" class="" >Home</a> <span class="date">(2004)</span> <span class="copies note">3 copies</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/6389272" data-workid="6389272" data-title="National-Geographic-MOMENTS-FAMILIES" class="" >National Geographic MOMENTS: FAMILIES</a> <span class="date">(2003)</span> <span class="copies note">3 copies</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/9017385" data-workid="9017385" data-title="Die-faszinierendsten-Gesichter-der-Welt" class="" >Die faszinierendsten Gesichter der Welt</a> <span class="date">(2004)</span> <span class="copies note">3 copies</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/29920285" data-workid="29920285" data-title="National-Geographic-las-mejores-fotograf-copy-%C6%AFas" class="" >National Geographic : las mejores fotograf©漂as</a> <span class="date">(1995)</span> <span class="copies note">2 copies</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/17593864" data-workid="17593864" data-title="Les-Plus-Beaux-Portraits-du-National-G-eacute-ographic" class="" >Les Plus Beaux Portraits du National Géographic</a> <span class="date">(2004)</span> <span class="copies note">2 copies</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/17069500" data-workid="17069500" data-title="G%C3%A4rten" class="" >G盲rten</a> <span class="date">(2003)</span> <span class="copies note">2 copies</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/23508418" data-workid="23508418" data-title="Rostros-del-mundo-los-mejores-retratos-de-National-Geographic" class="" >Rostros del mundo : los mejores retratos de National Geographic</a> <span class="date">(2004)</span> <span class="copies note">1 copy</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/25202544" data-workid="25202544" data-title="Jardins-MOMENTS-French-Edition" class="" >Jardins (MOMENTS) (French Edition)</a> <span class="date">(2004)</span> <span class="copies note">1 copy</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/27510956" data-workid="27510956" data-title="A-vil%C3%A1g-k%C3%A9pekben-National-Geographic" class="" >A vil谩g k茅pekben (National Geographic)</a> <span class="copies note">1 copy</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/19808355" data-workid="19808355" data-title="Gezichten-van-de-wereld" class="" >Gezichten van de wereld</a> <span class="date">(2011)</span> <span class="copies note">1 copy</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/13782808" data-workid="13782808" data-title="In-Focus-National-Geographic-Greatest-Portraits" class="" >In Focus; National Geographic Greatest Portraits.</a> <span class="date">(2004)</span> <span class="copies note">1 copy</span></div><div class="ltil_item " > <a href="/work/24740627" data-workid="24740627" data-title="The-Photographs" class="" >The Photographs</a> <span class="copies note">1 copy</span></div></div></div></div><div class="flex_center"><a value="Work Explorer " value="Work Explorer " class="func_lt2_display_ui lt2button btn btn_rollover_primary 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class="fa-solid fa-chevron-up turndown_indicator" id="tdc_u_bdfa" data-turndown-style="chevron" ></i>Reviews</h2><span id="tdh_u_0c0f" ><a name="reviews"></a><input type="hidden" id="cache_key" value="u_c3f44613"><div class="brevs_container author_brevs_container "><div class="bookReview"><div class="bookReview_content"><div id="brtext_149728969" class="commentText brslop"><div class="brev_cover"><a href="/work/685613" data-workid="685613" data-title="National-geographic-the-photographs" class="" ><img src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/P/1426202911.01._SX100_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg" srcset="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/P/1426202911.01._SX200_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg 2x, https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/P/1426202911.01._SX300_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg 3x" class="bookReview_cover cover" /></a></div><div class="commentHeader"><div class="postinfo"><a href="/work/685613" data-workid="685613" data-title="National-geographic-the-photographs" class="" >National geographic : the photographs</a> by <a href="/author/bendavidvalleah">Leah Bendavid-Val</a></div></div><div class="" >Simply fantastic...extra-ordinary photos</div class="" ><span id="rate-u_3517efdc" title="5 Stars" aria-title="5 Stars" class="rating rating-style-306 " data-fn="ratingWidget_fromSettingsA" ><span class="rw"><input type="hidden" value="10" name="form_rating" id="form_rating"/></span><i data-rating_value="2" class="fas fa-star selected" ></i><i data-rating_value="4" class="fas fa-star selected" ></i><i data-rating_value="6" class="fas fa-star selected" ></i><i data-rating_value="8" class="fas fa-star selected" ></i><i data-rating_value="9" class="fas fa-star selected" ></i></span></div><div id="rfd_149728969" class="reviewFlagDialogBox"></div><div class="commentFooter"><span class="reviewMods"><span class="reviewVoteInfo"><span class="reviewVoteCount" id="rvc_149728969"> </span> </span><span class="reviewFlags"><div id="reviewflags_given_149728969" 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