I won't let you die
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Copy number Shelfmark Shelf mark R020087 Ned. Fotomuseum ET MON NABIL.Y 2008
TitleI won't let you die
Author
Photographer
Iconographic keywords
Place of publicationOstfildern
PublisherHatje Cantz
Year of publication2008
Pagination271 p.
Illustrationscolour
Dimensions30 x 25 cm
MaterialMonografie
Document TypeBook
ISBN9783775723060
Bibliographic Noteshc;
SubjectMet de hand ingekleurde foto's, Portretfotografie (genre), Geënsceneerde fotografie (genre), Stillevenfotografie (genre)
Abstract
[contains a conversation with Youssef Nabil , Ghada Amer, Faten Hamama and Shiren Neshat]
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We cite from the COVER:
"Youssef Nabil (* 1972, Cairo) observes his life as if he were in a cinema, watching and witnessing every minute of his own movie. As a child, the realization that many of his favorite Egyptian film stars were no longer alive left him with the desire to meet all the actors he loves, before they die or before he dies. In the cinema he has created for himself, he reflects on the flamboyance and fantasies of Egyptian society and movie stars in the cosmopolitan war and pre-revolutionary years in his hometown Cairo. This era is also reflected in his technique of hand-coloring photographs which disrupts our notion of photography by evoking moments of longing, distant in time and place. In his self-portraits, he places himself in liminal scenes that linger between worldly realities and serene dreams, loneliness and fame, sex and death."
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We cite from the COVER:
"Youssef Nabil (* 1972, Cairo) observes his life as if he were in a cinema, watching and witnessing every minute of his own movie. As a child, the realization that many of his favorite Egyptian film stars were no longer alive left him with the desire to meet all the actors he loves, before they die or before he dies. In the cinema he has created for himself, he reflects on the flamboyance and fantasies of Egyptian society and movie stars in the cosmopolitan war and pre-revolutionary years in his hometown Cairo. This era is also reflected in his technique of hand-coloring photographs which disrupts our notion of photography by evoking moments of longing, distant in time and place. In his self-portraits, he places himself in liminal scenes that linger between worldly realities and serene dreams, loneliness and fame, sex and death."
| Copy number | R020087 |
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| Shelf mark | ET MON NABIL.Y 2008 |