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Steve McCurry. Afghanistan

Copertina rigida9.4 x 13.1 in.5.54 lb256 pagine80Edizione: Francese, Inglese, Tedesco Disponibilità: Disponibile
Questa è la retrospettiva definitiva del lavoro di Steve McCurry in Afghanistan. Segnato da profonde fratture tribali, etniche e religiose, il Khurasan, come gli afghani hanno chiamato la loro terra negli ultimi due millenni, ha avuto solo poche ore di unità politica. McCurry ha raccolto oltre 140 immagini avvincenti in quasi quattro decenni di viaggi in Afghanistan, ritraendo un paese apparentemente martoriato ma bellissimo e con una rara e disarmante umanità.
Steve McCurry. Afghanistan

Steve McCurry. Afghanistan

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War and Grace

Magnum photographer Steve McCurry’s Afghanistan retrospective

Afghanistan has long been a country overwhelmed by tribal rivalries, colonial wars, and geo-political conflict. The Afghans have called their mountains “the land of rebellion,” a land that has not been successfully occupied since the times of Alexander the Great. These invaders — Persians, Arabs, Moguls, Sikhs, British, Russians — may have been thwarted, but wandering through the bazaars of Kabul will attest to their legacy. In the people of Afghanistan, the genes of countless races meet and intermingle.

Deep are the fissures in Afghan society; the schism between Sunni and Shia, the endemic violence across clans and tribes, and the blood feuds and rivalries within lineages. Yet born of such chaos and entrenched conflict are these most breathtaking of images.

In this definitive retrospective of his work in Afghanistan, Steve McCurry has curated over 140 gripping images to present a torn, proud people, from the desert of Kandahar to the streets of Kabul and remote rivers of Nuristan. For almost four decades, McCurry traveled to the country regularly, documenting its people with a rare and disarming humanity. His most striking portrait Afghan Girl (1984) has graced the covers of magazines around the world, in equal parts haunting and evoking remarkable grace and dignity. In common with so much of McCurry’s work, it has a timeless, painterly quality—entirely at odds with the troubled region in which it was taken.

McCurry has always been subjected to dangers that are an inevitable part of life “on the road” for photographers. He often ventured behind the lines, usually at great risk. His first trip to Afghanistan in 1979 involved him dressing in Afghan garb in order to be smuggled across the border from Pakistan. That journey into the treacherous, unpredictable landscape — territory controlled at various times by the Mujahideen, the Russians, and the Taliban — was one that McCurry would make numerous times. Many other photographers would follow in his footsteps, but none would return with such a flawless body of work.
Il fotografo

Steve McCurry was born in Philadelphia, PA, and has been one of the most iconic voices in contemporary photography for more than forty years, with scores of magazine and book covers, over a dozen books, and countless exhibitions around the world to his name. After numerous travels throughout India, the Middle East and Afghanistan, he founded ImagineAsia in 2004, with the mission to help provide educational resources and opportunities to children and young adults in Afghanistan. This is his third book for TASCHEN, following Afghanistan (2017) and Animals (2019).

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William Dalrymple is a Scotland-born historian, critic, curator, and writer. He first gained recognition for his acclaimed bestseller In Xanadu, recounting his incredible journey following the route of Marco Polo from Jerusalem to Mongolia. He has received numerous awards and recognition, including the Duff Cooper Memorial Prize, the Sunday Times Young British Writer of the Year Award, and the Wolfson Prize, among others.

Steve McCurry. Afghanistan
Copertina rigida24 x 33.3 cm2.52 kg256 pagine

ISBN 978-3-8365-6936-1

Edizione: Francese, Inglese, Tedesco
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Fotografisches Talent dokumentiert viel Leid

Anonymous,3 novembre 2021
Wer hier spektakuläre Landschaftsbilder Afghanistans erwartet, wird nur teilweise zufrieden sein. Viele Fotografien McCurrys dokumentieren auch Waffen oder Kriegsspuren, die zweifelsohne zum Nachdenken anregen, aber eben nicht nur die schönste Seite eines zu oft mit Krieg assoziierten Landes zeigen.

Ein Klassiker

Juergen,29 ottobre 2021
Zu Steve McCurry's Werk Afghanistan kann ich nur sagen, dass das in jeden gut sortierten Fotobandhaushalt einfach dazugehört. Das Buch ist heute schon ein Klassiker.

Wunderbare Bilder...

Heimo,29 ottobre 2021
...aus einem schönen, aber gleichzeitig hoffnungslos kaputten Land – eingefangen über Jahrzehnte, von einem der besten Photojournalisten unserer Zeit.

Tolles Buch

Nils,29 ottobre 2021
Super Druckqualität und tolle Größe. Sehr eindrucksvolle Fotos. Macht Lust auf eine große Reise. Schade, dass das Ziel Afghanistan aktuell nicht möglich ist...

Stunning images from Afghanistan

Martin,12 novembre 2021
Steve McCurry can certainly take a photograph. These stunning images present great value in this book.

Powerful

Sabrina,5 novembre 2021
An incredibly powerful and moving collection of the best work of McCurry in Afghanistan.