Iran.

Morath, Inge, Monika Faber and Azar Nafisi:

ISBN 10: 3865216978 / ISBN 13: 9783865216977

Published by Göttingen : Steidl, 2009

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263 S. mit Karte, Faksimiles, ganzs. SW- und Farbfotos. Graues Leinen, Fadenheftung, SU, 33 cm. Schönes Exemplar ohne Gebrauchsspuren. - Engl. Texts by Monika Faber and Azar Nafisi. - Ed. and with a preface by John P. Jacob. - Bildband auf Kunstdruckpapier. - Mit Bibliographie, Anmerkungen und Documents. mg [Von Schweizer Bankkonten keine Banküberweisung, nur Kreditkartenzahlung über Abebooks/ZVAB oder PayPal] Sprache: Englisch. - Gewicht in Gramm: 2400. - Kunst: Graphik, Plastik, Foto, Film. - Stichworte: Morath, Inge; Porträtfotografie; Iran, Persien, Islam; Bevölkerung; Geschichte 1956; Ausstellung, Fotografie, Orient, Bildende Fotokunst, Monarchie, Schah, Adel, Soraya, Teheran, Kultur, Graphik, Gestaltung, Magnum, Kurden, Volkskunde, Landeskunde, Reportage. -.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Iran.
• Publisher: Göttingen : Steidl
• Publication Date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3865216978
• ISBN 13: 9783865216977
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
• Weight: 2400 grams
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  • Kunst: Graphik, Plastik, Foto, Film

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Synopsis

In 1956, Inge Morath (1923-2002) traveled to the Middle East for Holiday magazine. She wore the traditional chador and traveled alone most of the time. "It was difficult to photograph there as a woman," she later recorded. In this body of work, Morath's subjects range from politics and religion to work and commerce, from the shah's palace to the nomad's tent to Zoroaster's sacred shrine. She photographed Iran with the keen vision of an anthropologist, examining religious rituals, costuming, work, sport, music, art and theater in order to document "the continuity--or lack of it--between past and present," as she later put it. Morath's work in Iran presaged her later work in Spain, China and Russia, creating an extensive document of the clash between modernity and tradition in the postwar Middle East. Retrospectively, Inge Morath: Iran recalls a land and a culture that have been profoundly transformed since the Iranian Revolution of 1979. It is a window into the past that provides a singular and timely perspective on Iran in the present.