Schecter Jarret (148 results)

Condition: Very Good. Very Good condition. Good dust jacket. A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain light spine creasing or a few markings such as an owner's name, short gifter's inscription or light stamp.

paperback. Condition: Very Good.

Condition: Very Good. Minimal wear to cover. Pages clean and binding tight. shelf wear. bumped edges. Hardcover.

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Hardback. Condition: Fine.

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Condition: Good. VG condition book without dust jacket. Boards are clean with little wear. Book has clean and bright contents.

Hardbound. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. A NEAR FINE, bright, clean, tight, crisp, collector-worthy copy sans flecks. tears, stains, markings and discoloration. PROLIFICALLY ILLUSTRATED in full-page, full-color photography. "Statistics suggest that there are upwards of 25 million internally displaced people (IDP) in the world, of which the majority come from Africa. Significantly greater in number than refugees, IDP, as the term suggests, are homeless or displaced within their native country. Their internal displacement is most often the result of the recurring and complementary factors of warfare, ethnic violence and extreme poverty. Although the number of IDP approaches that of the population of Canada, a G-8 member and second largest country on the planet, relatively few in the developed world have ever even heard of the term IDP. The following is a story about Denan, and the 10,000 people who live in its IDP camp in southeastern Ethiopia." GJ1.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Binding is tight and pages are clean and unmarked. Pictorial cover has one dinged corner, plus other wear plus light rubmarks. Due to the book's size, international shipping may require additional postage.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. No DJ as issued. Boards have edge wear, scratches, rubbed corners/spine. No writing. Very good.

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Hardcover. Condition: New.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condition: Very Good. Minimal wear to cover. Pages clean and binding tight. shelf wear. bumped edges. Hardcover.

Hardback. Condition: New. [[ "If Paris were a person, her face would be that of an older woman with conflicting lines etched upon it of hope and despair." Until recent years, Paris was the vanguard city of the world. Today the hybrid of Paris/Modernity is fading, with competition from cities of the east like Dubai and Shanghai, architectural grandeur and innovation is outplayed in scale and ambition. [[ In these photographs, Jarret Schecter attempts to understand the future by glancing at the past. He stalks time, depicting the fractured pieces that Paris has left behind. Progress, melancholy and the past are most visibly profound in Paris, yet also a profound elegance and understanding of the history of its streets. [[ Schecter examines the city's changing, diverse population and its architecture, both young and old, the book functioning as a dialogue between past and present. [[ He photographs people and places that have undergone massive change, or places that are still the same after decades; as such feeling he was really 'stalking' Paris, discovering the grandeur, however faded, and mystery of the city that outlives its younger counterparts.

Hardback. Condition: New. 80 per cent of the world's blind population are blind because they were born in the wrong place. You are less likely to go blind in Japan, the second richest nation in the world, than in Burkina Faso in Africa, one of the three poorest. Jarret Schecter followed the work of Orbis, an international organisation who provide free and inexpensive eye treatment in impoverished nations, among them Burkina Faso."Visiting Burkina Faso, one of the world's poorest countries, I sensed that there was a disproportionate number of people deprived of sight. Back in the United States, in February 2002, I discovered that 8 out 10 blind people live in the developing world. Astounding as this statistic is, I was even more surprise to learn that the vast majority of blindness in the world is preventable. Incredibly, most preventable blindness is cured through inexpensive procedures, that literally last minutes".Like many residual problems of poverty that are endemic to the developing world, people in the developed world do not make an intuitive link between blindness and poverty. The association is not made and the magnitude of the problem is even much less understood. Approximately, 80% of the world's 50 million blind people are blind because they were born in the wrong place. They are blind due to the residual effects of poverty: vitamin A deficiency, unsanitary conditions, minimal healthcare, and other issues. At the moment, in the world, 40 million people suffer from preventable blindness and around 125 million can barely see due to impoverished conditions. Although the developed world has done relatively little thus far, there are fortunately certain international organisations that are declaring war on preventable blindness. Organisations such as Orbis provide free or inexpensive eye treatment to people who needlessly suffer from preventable blindness. Through Orbis, ophthalmologists and support staff, whom in many instances volunteer, heroically and tirelessly travel throughout the world's poorest countries to give sight to those who are arbitrarily prevented from seeing.

HRD. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Paperback. Condition: New. In the wake of Hurricane Katrina, this small format book touches on the ephemeral, and surprisingly often beautiful, remnants of belongings that once made up the memories and precious moments of people's lives.On August 29th 2005, Katrina, a natural hurricane, struck the city of New Orleans. Nobody envisaged the damage and destruction it would wreak on the southern US city, and it became on a much greater scale a manmade disaster of civil engineering and social discrimination.Because of government failure, millions viewed political ineptitude, social inequity and an unpaved America where the streets were lined with anything but gold.The images in this book show the abandoned and hardest-hit district of the Lower Ninth Ward over two years later, and still counting today. Vacant and dilapidated, the city is a shadow of its former self. However, in these seemingly lifeless shadows, and through the broken windows of empty houses, one can eerily see the ghostly reflections of life and death in the form of personal objects. These intensely personal items have been abandoned and left, and in most cases, will never be reclaimed.

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Katrina, a natural hurricane, struck New Orleans on August 29th 2005. Nobody envisaged the damage and destruction it would wreak on the southern US city, and it became on a much greater scale a manmade disaster of civil engineering and social discrimination. Because of government failure, millions viewed political ineptitude, social inequity and an unpaved America where the streets were lined with anything but gold. The images in this book show the abandoned and hardest-hit district of the Lower Ninth Ward, now over two years later and counting.Still vacant and dilapidated, it is a shadow of its former self. However, in those seemingly lifeless shadows, and through the broken windows of empty houses, one can eerily see the ghostly reflections of life and death in the form of personal objects. These intensely personal items have been abandoned and left and, in most cases, will never be reclaimed. This small format book touches on the ephemeral, and surprisingly often beautiful, remnants of belongings that once made up the memories and precious moments of peoples' lives. A catalogue of personal effects of those killled in New Orleans' Lower Ninth Ward by Hurricane Katrina in 2005 showing the horror of the tragedy via its minutest details. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

HRD. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Softcover, new condition; still sealed in shrinkwrap; clean and crisp. Photos from New Orleans. Foreign shipping may be extra.

Hardback. Condition: New. Roma tribe emanated from India and settled in Europe, bringing an alien culture into its midst. Resolutely holding onto their traditions, the Roma nobly carry on in the face of Western adversity. This is an account dedicated to bringing the truth of these people and the Romany way of life, with four seasons spent in the settlement of Hermanovce in Eastern Slovakia.Gypsies' is a term bandied about like the vampire bat, conjuring images of mystery, danger, repulsion, derision and disgust. Some call them tinkers, travellers, or even outcasts. They are all wrong. Their name is the Roma, a tribe that emanated from India and brought to Europe a culture infinitely alien to the people who lived there.As once the culture of native North American Indians was regarded with hate and superstition, so too have the Romanies in Europe been harried and murdered and rejected as beyond the pale. But they have pursued their traditions with a tenacity unmatched by Western cultures of church or state.Jarret Schecter sought to define those traditions, to encapsulate both the animation of Romany life and the dispossession of their culture in a so-called modern, civilized Europe. After three years he came to concentrate on the gypsy settlement of Hermanovce in Eastern Slovakia.Over four seasons he has given the lie to prejudice and bigotry, but at the same time demonstrating the hunger and despair, the innate joy and camaraderie of the Roma in Hermanovce. It is not a voyage of love or romance, though the subjects themselves suggest it. It is rather the result of a singular dedication to a truth, and the reality of that truth.

Hardcover. Condition: new. Hardcover. "Gypsies" is a term bandied about like the vampire bat, conjuring images of mystery, danger, repulsion, derision and disgust. Some call them tinkers, travellers, or even outcasts. They are all wrong. Their name is Roma, a tribe that emanated from India and brought to Europe a culture infinitely alien to the people who lived there. As once the culture of native North-American Indians was regarded with hate and superstition, so too have the Romanies in Europe been harried and murdered and rejected as beyond the pale. But they have pursued their traditions with a tenacity unmatched by Western cultures of the church or state. Jarret Schecter sought to define those traditions, to encapsulate both the animation of Romany life and the dispossession of their culture in a so-called modern, civilized Europe. After three years he came to concentrate on the gypsy settlement of Harmanovce in Eastern Slovakia. Over four seasons he has given the lie to prejudice and bigotry, but at the same time demonstrating the hunger and despair, the innate joy and camaraderie of the Roma in Hermanovce. It is not a voyage of love or romance, though the subjects themselves suggest it.It is rather the result of a singular dedication to a truth and the reality of the truth. By having unrivalled access to their demi-monde and by taking the settlement of Hermanovce in Eastern Slovakia as his subject, Jarret Schecter has photographed the world of the Romany gypsy, revealing a system of traditions and cultures both noble and unfathomable. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Condition: New.

Hardback. Condition: New.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. 1st Edition. Hardcover: 96 pages. In Hermanovce: Four Seasons with the Roma, Jarret Schecter has photographed the world of the Romany gypsies as never before, with unrivalled access to their world. By taking the settlement of Hermanovce, in Eastern Slovakia, as his subject, Schecter has revealed a system of traditions and cultures both noble and unfathomable--that of the Roma.

HRD. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.