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21%OFFSarah E. James - Common Ground: German Photographic Cultures across the Iron Curtain - 9780300184440 - V9780300184440
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Common Ground: German Photographic Cultures across the Iron Curtain

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Description for Common Ground: German Photographic Cultures across the Iron Curtain Hardback. A groundbreaking examination of post-war photography in East and West Germany Num Pages: 320 pages, 10 colour images + 170 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJP; AJ; HBTW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 264 x 198 x 24. Weight in Grams: 1142.

A groundbreaking examination of post-war photography in East and West Germany

This ambitious publication is the first book to thoroughly evaluate the photography that emerged during Germany’s geopolitical division from the 1950s to the 1980s. With richly illustrated and exhaustively researched analyses of photographic projects from East and West Germany, including exhibitions, photo-essays, private archives, and photo-books, Common Ground constructs a comparative perspective, examining how sequence, seriality, and repetition were mobilized to produce forms of solidarity and political agency.

Author Sarah James places German postwar photography in the context of Soviet, American, and European photographic developments; the specific cultural experiences of the ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
Number of Pages
280
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780300184440
SKU
V9780300184440
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About Sarah E. James
Sarah E. James is lecturer, history of art, at University College London.

Reviews for Common Ground: German Photographic Cultures across the Iron Curtain
'Sarah James’ excellent and panoramic evaluation of photographic departures in Germany from the end of WWII to the 1980s, is exhaustive in its meticulous research and well-argued analysis . . . [A]n outstanding and scholarly work which describes a culture where any given image is necessarily pre-loaded with meaning and pregnant with symbolism.'—F22/STATE
F22/STATE
'[An] engaging, well-written, intelligent and ... Read more

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