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Rise and Fall of Apartheid: Photography and the Bureaucracy of Everyday Life
Okwui Enwezor And Rory Bester
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Description for Rise and Fall of Apartheid: Photography and the Bureaucracy of Everyday Life
hardcover. Featuring some of the most iconic images of our time, this unique combination of photojournalism and commentary offers a probing and comprehensive exploration of the birth, evolution, and demise of apartheid in South Africa. Editor(s): Enwezor, Okwui; Bester, Rory. Num Pages: 496 pages, 450. BIC Classification: AJC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 287 x 252 x 52. Weight in Grams: 3358.
Photographers played an important role in the documentation of apartheid as they stepped in to capture how the system penetrated even the most mundane aspects of life in South Africa, from housing, public amenities, and transportation to education, tourism, religion, and businesses. Included in this vivid and compelling volume are works by such photographers as Eli Weinberg, Alf Khumalo, David Goldblatt, Peter Magubane, Ian Berry, and many others. Organized chronologically, it interweaves images and thoughtful essays to explore vital issues, including the institutionalization of apartheid through the country's legal apparatus; the growing resistance in the 1950s; and the radicalization of ... Read more
Photographers played an important role in the documentation of apartheid as they stepped in to capture how the system penetrated even the most mundane aspects of life in South Africa, from housing, public amenities, and transportation to education, tourism, religion, and businesses. Included in this vivid and compelling volume are works by such photographers as Eli Weinberg, Alf Khumalo, David Goldblatt, Peter Magubane, Ian Berry, and many others. Organized chronologically, it interweaves images and thoughtful essays to explore vital issues, including the institutionalization of apartheid through the country's legal apparatus; the growing resistance in the 1950s; and the radicalization of ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Prestel
Condition
New
Number of Pages
544
Place of Publication
Munich, Germany
ISBN
9783791352800
SKU
9783791352800
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About Okwui Enwezor And Rory Bester
OKWUI ENWESOR is Director of Haus der Kunst, Munich. He was previously Adjunct Curator at the International Center of Photography in New York City. He has curated numerous exhibitions throughout the world and is the founder and editor of the journal NKA: Journal for Contemporary African Art. RORY BESTER is an art historian, critic, curator, and documentary filmmaker, and a ... Read more
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