Then Palestine
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Copy number Shelfmark Shelf mark R013479 Ned. Fotomuseum CDN MON TOWELL.L 1999 N000561 Noorderlicht CDN MON TOWELL.L 1999
TitleThen Palestine
Photographer
Iconographic keywords
Place of publicationNew York
PublisherAperture
Year of publication1999
Pagination119
Illustrationsb&w
MaterialMonografie
Document TypeBook
Bibliographic Noteshc; cloth binding; short bio
SubjectFotojournalistiek: CDN (Canada), Reportage fotografie, Documentaire fotografie (genre), Oorlogsfotografie (genre), Persfotografie (genre)
Geographical keywordPalestina
Abstract
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"One of the world's finest photojournalists, Larry Towell has created outstanding images in a place where political leadership, diplomacy, and the media have failed. In this compassionate, penetrating account of Palestinian life in East Jerusalem, the West Bank, and the Gaza Strip, Towell reveals the active center of a conflict that has vexed generations of peacemakers. Through his untiring commitment and keen perceptiveness, Towell promotes an unprecedented understanding of this people whose loss has been nearly forgotten by history.
Immediate, striking, and rich with the unexpected, Towell's award-winning pictures speak of terror and endurance, anger and the powerful human desire for home. Though his topic has global importance, he never loses sight of the personal scale on which conflict and daily pleasures alike are played out.
The book includes verse by the exiled Palestinian poet MAHMOUD DARWISH. An historical essay by French journalist RENÉ BACKMANN relates the story of an Israeli woman's poignant, strained relations with the Palestinian former owners of her childhood home. LARRY TOWELL's afterword includes excerpts from the journals he kept during his seven trips to the occupied territories between 1993 and 1997."
"One of the world's finest photojournalists, Larry Towell has created outstanding images in a place where political leadership, diplomacy, and the media have failed. In this compassionate, penetrating account of Palestinian life in East Jerusalem, the West Bank, and the Gaza Strip, Towell reveals the active center of a conflict that has vexed generations of peacemakers. Through his untiring commitment and keen perceptiveness, Towell promotes an unprecedented understanding of this people whose loss has been nearly forgotten by history.
Immediate, striking, and rich with the unexpected, Towell's award-winning pictures speak of terror and endurance, anger and the powerful human desire for home. Though his topic has global importance, he never loses sight of the personal scale on which conflict and daily pleasures alike are played out.
The book includes verse by the exiled Palestinian poet MAHMOUD DARWISH. An historical essay by French journalist RENÉ BACKMANN relates the story of an Israeli woman's poignant, strained relations with the Palestinian former owners of her childhood home. LARRY TOWELL's afterword includes excerpts from the journals he kept during his seven trips to the occupied territories between 1993 and 1997."
| Copy number | R013479 |
| Institution name | |
| Shelf mark | CDN MON TOWELL.L 1999 |
| Copy number | N000561 |
| Institution name | |
| Shelf mark | CDN MON TOWELL.L 1999 |