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At War / Anja Niedringhaus / herausgegeben von = edited by C/O Berlin ; mit Texten von = with texts by Jean-Christophe Ammann, Ulrike Demmer, Felix Hoffmann.

Title
At War / Anja Niedringhaus / herausgegeben von = edited by C/O Berlin ; mit Texten von = with texts by Jean-Christophe Ammann, Ulrike Demmer, Felix Hoffmann.
Author
Niedringhaus, Anja, 1965-
Publication
Ostfildern : Hatje/Cantz 2011.

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Additional Authors
  • Ammann, Jean-Christophe
  • Demmer, Ulrike
  • Hoffmann, Felix, 1972-
  • C/O Berlin (Gallery)
Description
180 p. : chiefly ill.; 22 x 31 cm.
Summary
The nature of Anja Niedringhaus' work means taking photographs under extreme conditions. She deliberately seeks out these kinds of extreme experiences because they bring her closer to her subjects and herself. This experience is often lost to the normal observer, for whom the context tends to undermine the drama. Her works focus on people: soldiers, weary and traumatized civilians, prisoners of war. Her photographs show faces marked by exhaustion, desperation, and tension-yet again and again, they reveal brief, unexpected moments of laughter, lightheartedness, and joy amid the suffering. The photographer approaches her subjects with curiosity and understanding, never compromising their dignity.
Subject
  • Niedringhaus, Anja 1965-2014
  • 2000-2099
  • War photography > Exhibitions
  • Middle East > History > 21st century > Pictorial works > Exhibitions
Genre/Form
  • Exhibition catalogs
  • Exhibition, pictorial works
  • History
Note
  • Published on the occasion of the exhibition, Anja Niedringhaus : At War, presented at C/O Berlin in Berlin, Germany, from Sept. 10- Dec. 4, 2011.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references.
Language (note)
  • Text in German with English translations.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Grusswort / Santiago Lyon, The Associated Press -- Das Regime der Bilder / Felix Hoffmann -- Die Normalität der Kriegsbilder / Jean-Christophe Ammann -- Eine Sprache für alle / Ulrike Demmer -- Abbildungen.
ISBN
  • 9783775732321
  • 3775732322
OCLC
  • 751043553
  • SCSB-10042553
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library