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Fotografie, film, video als kunstvormen (5)
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How the Other Half Lives
Studies among the Tenements of New York
2024 || Paperback || Jacob A. Riis || Harvard University Press
A work of photojournalism that deals with the New York City's slums in the 1880s. It includes the images of the squalid living conditions of 'the other half', who might well have inhabited another country.
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Regarding the Pain of Others
2024 || Paperback || Susan Sontag || Penguin
Features an analysis of our numbed response to images of horror. This title alters our thinking about the uses and meanings of images, and about the nature of war, the limits of sympathy, and the obligations of conscience.
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The Photograph as Contemporary Art
2024 || Paperback || Charlotte Cotton || Van Ditmar Boeken B.V.
A new edition of the definitive affordable title for students and teachers in the field of contemporary art photography.
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Henri Cartier-Bresson: Europeans
2024 || Paperback || Jean Clair || Van Ditmar Boeken B.V.
Henri Cartier-Bresson travelled across Europe, from the Scandinavian shield to the Irish bogs, in order to produce this collection of photographs. It brings together images spanning the years from the late 1920s to the early 1970s, and seeks to capture what it means to be European.
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Women, Art, Freedom
Artists and Street Politics in Iran
2024 || Paperback || Pamela Karimi || Leuven University Press
Women, Art, Freedom offers an insightful look at the 2022 Woman, Life, Freedom uprising in Iran, ignited by Jina Mahsa Amini's murder under the "morality police" for violating hijab rules. Beyond its feminist undertones and the remarkable courage of the young protesters, what sets this uprising apart from previous ones is the abundant and diverse art it has inspired. This book, rather than merely analyzing the artworks that garnered attention on social media platforms, brings to light lesser-...