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(Cape Town: Fernwood Press, 2001) 1874950598. 4to; original grey boards, with pale grey lettering to spine and device to upper board; laminated pictorial dustwrapper; pictorial endpapers; pp. 144; lavishly illustrated, generally with historical portrait photographs to the recto and the facing verso providing descriptive text. Dustwrapper very slightly rubbed, and partially sunned. Very good condition. "In those instances when the sitter's humanity survived the racial prejudices and technology of the time, the images often transcend their role as historical records and can be seen as provocative and poignant works of art. The photographs chosen for inclusion are from the authors' own collection and most of them have never been published before. Each is reproduced on a double-page spread accompanied by captions that provide new information about the photographers and the subjects. An introductory essay, which contextualises the practice of photography in south and east Africa during this…
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Surviving the Lens: Photographic Studies of South and East African People, 1870-1920 Hardcover - 2001
by Michael Stevenson
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- Title Surviving the Lens: Photographic Studies of South and East African People, 1870-1920
- Author Michael Stevenson
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition First Edition
- Pages 144
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Fernwood Press
- Date 2001
- ISBN 9781874950592 / 1874950598
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2002403910
- Dewey Decimal Code 779
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Vlaeberg, South Africa: Fernwood Press, 2001. Hardcover. VG/VG (pages are clean and clear). Gray cloth boards with gray illustration on front cover, gray spine lettering; tan dj, illustrated; bw illustrated end papers; 144 pp; profusely illustrated. "The fifty photographic portraits presented here have been selected from the authors' own collection and the majority have never been published before. A comprehensive introductory essay- illustrated with full page details from the selected images- discusses the changing approahces to historical photographs and the various complex factors that influenced their making."-DJ.
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