So Blue, So Blue: Edges of the Mediterranean

Denderen, Ad van

ISBN 10: 3865217346 / ISBN 13: 9783865217349

Published by Steidl Mack, GÃ ttingen, Germany, 2008

About this Item

Book condition: New (New book in mint condition.) Binding: Softcover Language: English Edition: First edition Publishing place: GÃ ttingen, Germany Publishing Year: 2008 Description: This book has been published in conjunction with the exhibit at the Nederlands Fotomuseum from June 21 through September 7, 2008. Softcover volume with pictorial wrappers, containing numerous color illustrations in 272 pages. 1420.000000.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: So Blue, So Blue: Edges of the Mediterranean
• Publisher: Steidl Mack, GÃ ttingen, Germany
• Publication Date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3865217346
• ISBN 13: 9783865217349
• Binding: Softcover/Paperback
• Edition: First edition.
• Condition: As New
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
• Seller catalogs:
  • Photography books

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Synopsis

According to the United Nations' Plan Bleu, over the next 20 years approximately 205 million second homes will be built to accommodate 350 million tourists annually along the coasts of Turkey and Spain alone. This influx of tourism and the return of "westernized" immigrants fuels religious and political radicalization and serves as a fulcrum for major economic changes and ecological pressures. So Blue, So Blue was initiated in 2001 when Dutch photographer Ad Van Denderen photographed a group of 100 illegal immigrants landing rubber boats in southern Spain. Soaked to the skin, they ran off in the morning light. Hours later, tourists appeared on the same beach, ready to enjoy another sunny day. Since then, Van Denderen has photographed in every country that borders the Mediterranean Sea. So Blue, So Blue is his attempt to understand the immense economic, political, socio-religious and ecological changes taking place around the open space that Europe, Asia and Africa have contested and shared for centuries.

About the Author

Ad Van Denderen, born in 1943, worked as a photojournalist for Vrij Nederland, Geo and The Independent magazine, among others, and earned a number of prestigious prizes, including the Visa d'Or at the international photo festival Visa pour l'Image in Perpignan in 2001 and the oeuvre prize of The Netherlands Foundation for Visual Arts in 2007. His previous books include Go No Go, Peace in The Holy Land and Welkom in Suid Afrika. He is a member of Vu Agency.