Iranian photography now - Rose Issa
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This publication is a photographic sensation: the visual dynamics of Iranian photography in all its fascinating beauty and heroic resistance is unveiled for the first time, revealing a rich new aesthetics from inside Iran as well as from the Iranian diaspora. We see innovative responses by photographers living in a country under political restrictions, as well as an important body of work from Iranians who have been living in exile for the last thirty years creating works of great political and cultural relevance. The aesthetic response to political terror is provoking, pioneering, and artistically sophisticated, documenting the willingness of a generation of artists to protect freedom with the weapons of their imagination. nThis book offers a surprisingly broad spectrum of artistic expression that outshines the Western mainstream. Among the most renowned photographer-artists are Abbas, Reza Aramesh, Shirin Neshat, Parastou Forouhar, Abbas Kiarostami, Kaveh Golestan, Amiral Ghasemi, and Shadi Ghadirian. Their...
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2008Uitgever: Hatje Cantz Verlag240 paginasTaal: EngelsGrootte: 300x240ISBN-10: 3775722572ISBN-13: 9783775722575Koop dit boek tweedehands
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Original pictorial boards, richly illustrated with colour photographs, 4to. [Auteur: Issa, Rose (editor)] [Pagina's: 234] [Taal: en] [Uitgever: Ostfildern : Hatje Cantz] [Jaar: 2008] [Titel: Iranian Photography Now]
