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Impulse to Preserve by Robert Gardner & Charles Simic
Reflections of a Filmmaker
Including nearly 500 photographs, this book contains the thoughts and images of a lifetime spent probing human experience in the world's most remote corners. It talks about: Neolithic West Papua in 1961, and its ritual warfare and revenge; in Nigeria 1965, ritual pain; in Ethiopia in the late sixties, male supremacy; in Niger 1978, envy; and more.Despite Primo Levi's dire warning about the "inadequacy of documentary evidence," Robert Gardner's work shows that capturing the light reflected from actuality has its revelatory moments. Including nearly 500 photographs, "The Impulse to Preserve" contains the thoughts and images of a lifetime spent probing human experience in the world's most remote corners. In each undertaking, an issue or condition common to humanity is intently observed. In Neolithic West Papua in 1961, it is ritual warfare and revenge; in Nigeria 1965, ritual pain; in Ethiopia in the late sixties, male supremacy; in Niger 1978, envy; and in Benares, India, 1985, mortality and its expression in worship. |
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| Author(s) : Robert Gardner & Charles Simic | Format : Hardback Book |
| ISBN-10 : 1590512367 | ISBN-13 : 9781590512364 |
| RRP : £35.50 | Best available price : £ / $ |
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Product Details:
Country Publication : United States
Publication Date : 15/07/2006
Publisher : Other Press LLC
Page Length : 384mm
Page Size : 279mm