Pierre Verger: Le Messager/the Go-Between : Photographies, 1932-1962 (English and French Edition) - Hardcover
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Photographer Pierre Verger believes that "photography enables us to see what we don't have time to see, for it is fixed. What's more, it memorizes, it is memory." For Verger, who traveled the world and immersed himself in the cultures of the people he photographed, these images capture his history. For others, they convey a sense of history--personal and cultural. These light-drenched photos of images--a small-town Mexican carnival in the '30s, Brazilian dock workers in the '50s, a Peruvian trapeze artist in the '40s, and 1937 Shanghai street scenes--present a portrait of a world now lost amidst decades of war and political and social upheaval. Verger believed that along with his profession came the role of messenger, connecting people of different cultures via his revelatory portraits. And his success in that endeavor is evident in the sheer force of these images, truly a testament to people in another place and time.
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Photographer Pierre Verger believes that "photography enables us to see what we don't have time to see, for it is fixed. What's more, it memorizes, it is memory." For Verger, who traveled the world and immersed himself in the cultures of the people he photographed, these images capture his history. For others, they convey a sense of history--personal and cultural. These light-drenched photos of images--a small-town Mexican carnival in the '30s, Brazilian dock workers in the '50s, a Peruvian trapeze artist in the '40s, and 1937 Shanghai street scenes--present a portrait of a world now lost amidst decades of war and political and social upheaval. Verger believed that along with his profession came the role of messenger, connecting people of different cultures via his revelatory portraits. And his success in that endeavor is evident in the sheer force of these images, truly a testament to people in another place and time.
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Pierre Verger: Le Messager/the Go-Between : Photographies, 1932-1962 (English and French Edition)
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Editions Revue Noire, Paris, France, 1996
ISBN 10: 1881616819
ISBN 13: 9781881616818
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Seller: Marc Sena Carrel, Pacifica, CA, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Verger, Pierre (illustrator). 1st Edition. A bilingual edition in French and English. First printing of the first trade edition, July 1996. Photogravure and duotone engraving done in Paris, else printed in Italy. 12.75 x 9.75 inches. Bound in fully-illustrated B&W matte paper hardboards. Unbumped spine head and tail, and with sharp corners. Text block firmly bound in. 240 numbered pages, with numerous crisp duotone plates, including many full-page and a few double-page plates, all on coated stock. An exceptionally clean interior. No demerits noticed. With an illustrated, heavy-duty dust jacket. This copy almost certainly unread. A Fine copy in a Fine DJ. Scarce in any condition. 4 lbs. 10 oz. "Pierre Edouard Leopold Verger, alias Fatumbi or Fátúmbí [1902-1996] was a photographer, self-taught ethnographer, and babalawo (Yoruba priest of Ifà) who devoted most of his life to the study of the African diaspora . the slave trade, the African-based religions of the new world, and the resulting cultural and economical flows from and to Africa.". Seller Inventory # 008110