The Last Paradise _ North Korea

Righetti, Nicolas; Schell, Orville (intro)

ISBN 10: 1884167322 / ISBN 13: 9781884167324

Published by Umbrage, New York, 2003

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Last Paradise _ North Korea
• Publisher: Umbrage, New York
• Publication Date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1884167322
• ISBN 13: 9781884167324
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: Hardcover Small Quarto.
• Condition: Very good
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Synopsis

Photographer Nicolas Righetti is one of the few Westerners invited to photograph Pyongyang’s “New Order of Happiness.” Righetti offers a riveting guided tour through this seductive yet chilling landscape; the paradoxes of an earthly paradise and the tragic outcome of an unattainable utopia present a dual message: “Welcome. Stay Away.” Essay by Orville Schell.

About the Author

Nicolas Righetti was born in Geneva, Switzerland, where he studied at the Insitut d'Etudes Sociales, Geneva and the Ecole Superieure d'Audiovisuel, Toulouse. Righetti has traveled, photographed, and filmed extensively throughout Asian, working as a still photographer on the set of various feature films in Hong Kong, Beijing, and Paris. His photographs have appeared in numerous publications worldwide. A traveling exhibition of these photographs will open in New York in October 2003, and travel thereafter.