The mesmerizingly beautiful book of photos your coffee table needs

Before They Pass Away is the culimination of an exhaustive two-year project by British photographer Jimmy Nelson, who trekked to some of the most isolated and punishing places on Earth to document 35 different vanishing tribal cultures and their ways of life. The 150-page volume offers a peek at peoples who rarely (if ever) are photographed, from Namibia to New Zealand. Take a look.

Tribe: Asaro [Papua New Guinea]

Tribe: Kazakh [Mongolia]

Tribe: Mustang [Nepal]

Tribe: Maori [New Zealand]

Tribe: Samburu [Kenya]

Tribe: Chukchi [Siberia]

Tribe: Nenets [Sibera]

Tribe: Karo [Ethiopia]

Tribe: Vanuatu [South Pacific]

Tribe: Nenets [Siberia]