No one can lay claim to ever seeing or knowing exactly where it resides, but it's a long known fact that civilisations the world over are completely fascinated with the existence of the soul.

One man, Myron Christian Macauley, set out on what became a nearly eight-year journey to find the essence of mankind. His curiosity and deep respect for both the natural and the metaphysical materialised into over 200 beautiful photographs compiled in a new coffee table book entitled Modern Man In Search Of Soul.

"The work represents the human as the ancient artist in its purest form, a medium and ambassador of cultural emergency, an active and anarchical anthropologist, a passionate poet obliged to surrender to a vocational lineage whose lifebloods are the visionary blueprints for human survival," the prologue outlines, noting too that the veteran photographer travelled to Thailand, Brazil, Kenya, India and Greece in search of "beauty and truth".

His journey also led him to Jamaican-born, New York-based graphic artist Danae Grandison, who is a part of the team responsible for the layout and design component of the new book.

"I feel like I've changed myself on this project," Grandison admits to SO as she speaks of her involvement in producing the book. "I was never disciplined... and this work has taught me to appreciate the connection we ought to have... it's been an amazing journey."

Grandison, whose graphic art firm KGN 6 LLC worked on the book for some eight months, says watching the publication chronicle the life experiences of shamans, elders and warriors of various tribes around the world was somewhat magical.

"Macauley believes we're in a last time, one in which Western ideologies have caused a disconnect with the spiritual world," she shares, noting that the author isn't a photojournalist who simply recorded happenings, but rather styled his subjects to reflect particular themes.

Modern Man In Search Of Soul, with over 1,000 copies printed, retails for US$60 and is available at Amazon.com. There is, too, talk of an exhibition later this year, which will see 30 of the strongest photographs mounted.

"It's definitely something worth having; a spiritual experience, if you will," Grandison says.

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