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Afghanistan Between Hope and Fear

Bronstein Paula
Innbundet / 2016 / Engelsk

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9781477309391
Publisert
2016-06-07
Utgiver
Vendor
University of Texas Press
Vekt
1728 gr
Høyde
254 mm
Bredde
279 mm
Dybde
28 mm
Aldersnivå
01, P, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
228

Forfatter
Bronstein Paula
Introduction by
Barker, Kim
Lamb Christina

Biographical note

PAULA BRONSTEIN
Bangkok, Thailand

Bronstein is one of America’s most distinguished female photojournalists and one of the few women internationally who cover war and conflict. Her many honors include the Faber Award of the Overseas Press Club, the National Press Photographer’s Association Photographer of the Year award, and multiple wins of Pictures of the Year International (POY-I). She was also a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and the Leica Oskar Barnack Award. Afghanistan: Between Hope and Fear is her first book, and it has already been a finalist for three major photography book awards: the CDS/ Honickman First Book Prize in Photography, the European Publishers Award for Photography, and the FotoEvidence Book Award.

KIM BARKER
New York, New York

Former South Asia bureau chief for the Chicago Tribune and now a reporter for the New York Times, Barker is the author of The Taliban Shuffle: Strange Days in Afghanistan and Pakistan, which was adapted into the film Whiskey Tango Foxtrot, starring Tina Fey.

CHRISTINA LAMB

Currently a foreign-affairs correspondent for the (London) Sunday Times, Lamb has been named Foreign Correspondent of the Year five times; she has also been awarded the Prix Bayeux, Europe’s most prestigious prize for war correspondents, and the British OBE. A best-selling author who has been traveling to Afghanistan since 1987, her most recent book is Farewell Kabul: From Afghanistan to a More Dangerous World.

Afghanistan Between Hope and Fear

Bronstein Paula
Innbundet / 2016 / Engelsk
Bronstein Paula
Innbundet / 2016 / Engelsk
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One of the world’s leading female photojournalists presents a powerful photo essay of daily life in war-torn Afghanistan, offering the most complete visual narrative history of this pivotal Middle East country currently in print. ". . . the book is a must-see for anyone with any interest in Afghanistan, the plight of women internationally or photography." —Kim Barker, New York Times Lens BlogWinner, International Photography Award, 1st Place, Professional: Book, Documentary, 2016The Afghan people are standing at a crucial crossroads in history. Can their fragile democratic institutions survive the drawdown of US military support? Will Afghan women and girls be stripped of their modest gains in freedom and opportunity as the West loses interest in their plight? While the media have largely moved on from these stories, Paula Bronstein remains passionately committed to bearing witness to the lives of the Afghan people. In this powerful photo essay, she goes beyond war coverage to reveal the full complexity of daily life in what may be the world’s most reported on yet least known country.Afghanistan: Between Hope and Fear presents a photographic portrait of this war-torn country’s people across more than a decade. With empathy born of the challenges of being an American female photojournalist working in a conservative Islamic country, Bronstein gives voice to those Afghans, particularly women and children, rendered silent during the violent Taliban regime. She documents everything from the grave trials facing the country—human rights abuses against women, poverty and the aftermath of war, and heroin addiction, among them—to the stirrings of new hope, including elections, girls’ education, and work and recreation. Fellow award-winning journalist Christina Lamb describes the gains that Afghan women have made since the overthrow of the Taliban, as well as the daunting obstacles they still face. An eloquent portrait of everyday life, Afghanistan: Between Hope and Fear is the most complete visual narrative history of the country currently in print.
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One of the world’s leading female photojournalists presents a powerful photo essay of daily life in war-torn Afghanistan, offering the most complete visual narrative history of this pivotal Middle East country currently in print.
Les mer
Foreword (Kim Barker)Afghan Women (Christina Lamb)Afghanistan: Between Hope and Fear (Paula Bronstein)Afterword (Paula Bronstein)Acknowledgments
"A collection of photographs that whiplash from beautiful to horrific, a visual compendium of what has happened on the ground during America’s longest war . . . the book is a must-see for anyone with any interest in Afghanistan, the plight of women internationally or photography."
Les mer
"Bronstein has put together one of the richest portraits there is of modern Afghanistan—complicated, conflicted, and contradictory, but always compelling. Just try to put down this book without looking at every image, without feeling each person in your gut, in your heart. It’s impossible."
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"Bronstein has put together one of the richest portraits there is of modern Afghanistan-complicated, conflicted, and contradictory, but always compelling. Just try to put down this book without looking at every image, without feeling each person in your gut, in your heart. It's impossible." -- Kim Barker, from the foreword "I am impressed with Bronstein's sheer determination, grit, sensitivity to her subjects on an intimate level, and ability to give insight into lives we would never know exist. The fact that an American female photojournalist has been embraced in Afghan culture is remarkable. Her images portray the gamut of emotion-an unvarnished reality of urgency, despair, compassion, understanding, and hope." -- Renee C. Byer, Pulitzer Prize-winning photojournalist and coauthor of Living on a Dollar a Day: The Lives and Faces of the World's Poor
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One of the world’s leading female photojournalists presents a powerful photo essay of daily life in war-torn Afghanistan, offering the most complete visual narrative history of this pivotal Middle East country currently in print. ". . . the book is a must-see for anyone with any interest in Afghanistan, the plight of women internationally or photography." —Kim Barker, New York Times Lens BlogWinner, International Photography Award, 1st Place, Professional: Book, Documentary, 2016The Afghan people are standing at a crucial crossroads in history. Can their fragile democratic institutions survive the drawdown of US military support? Will Afghan women and girls be stripped of their modest gains in freedom and opportunity as the West loses interest in their plight? While the media have largely moved on from these stories, Paula Bronstein remains passionately committed to bearing witness to the lives of the Afghan people. In this powerful photo essay, she goes beyond war coverage to reveal the full complexity of daily life in what may be the world’s most reported on yet least known country.Afghanistan: Between Hope and Fear presents a photographic portrait of this war-torn country’s people across more than a decade. With empathy born of the challenges of being an American female photojournalist working in a conservative Islamic country, Bronstein gives voice to those Afghans, particularly women and children, rendered silent during the violent Taliban regime. She documents everything from the grave trials facing the country—human rights abuses against women, poverty and the aftermath of war, and heroin addiction, among them—to the stirrings of new hope, including elections, girls’ education, and work and recreation. Fellow award-winning journalist Christina Lamb describes the gains that Afghan women have made since the overthrow of the Taliban, as well as the daunting obstacles they still face. An eloquent portrait of everyday life, Afghanistan: Between Hope and Fear is the most complete visual narrative history of the country currently in print.
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"A collection of photographs that whiplash from beautiful to horrific, a visual compendium of what has happened on the ground during America’s longest war . . . the book is a must-see for anyone with any interest in Afghanistan, the plight of women internationally or photography."
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"Bronstein has put together one of the richest portraits there is of modern Afghanistan—complicated, conflicted, and contradictory, but always compelling. Just try to put down this book without looking at every image, without feeling each person in your gut, in your heart. It’s impossible."
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"Bronstein has put together one of the richest portraits there is of modern Afghanistan-complicated, conflicted, and contradictory, but always compelling. Just try to put down this book without looking at every image, without feeling each person in your gut, in your heart. It's impossible." -- Kim Barker, from the foreword "I am impressed with Bronstein's sheer determination, grit, sensitivity to her subjects on an intimate level, and ability to give insight into lives we would never know exist. The fact that an American female photojournalist has been embraced in Afghan culture is remarkable. Her images portray the gamut of emotion-an unvarnished reality of urgency, despair, compassion, understanding, and hope." -- Renee C. Byer, Pulitzer Prize-winning photojournalist and coauthor of Living on a Dollar a Day: The Lives and Faces of the World's Poor
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Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9781477309391
Publisert
2016-06-07
Utgiver
Vendor
University of Texas Press
Vekt
1728 gr
Høyde
254 mm
Bredde
279 mm
Dybde
28 mm
Aldersnivå
01, P, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
228

Forfatter
Bronstein Paula
Introduction by
Barker, Kim
Lamb Christina

Biographical note

PAULA BRONSTEIN
Bangkok, Thailand

Bronstein is one of America’s most distinguished female photojournalists and one of the few women internationally who cover war and conflict. Her many honors include the Faber Award of the Overseas Press Club, the National Press Photographer’s Association Photographer of the Year award, and multiple wins of Pictures of the Year International (POY-I). She was also a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and the Leica Oskar Barnack Award. Afghanistan: Between Hope and Fear is her first book, and it has already been a finalist for three major photography book awards: the CDS/ Honickman First Book Prize in Photography, the European Publishers Award for Photography, and the FotoEvidence Book Award.

KIM BARKER
New York, New York

Former South Asia bureau chief for the Chicago Tribune and now a reporter for the New York Times, Barker is the author of The Taliban Shuffle: Strange Days in Afghanistan and Pakistan, which was adapted into the film Whiskey Tango Foxtrot, starring Tina Fey.

CHRISTINA LAMB

Currently a foreign-affairs correspondent for the (London) Sunday Times, Lamb has been named Foreign Correspondent of the Year five times; she has also been awarded the Prix Bayeux, Europe’s most prestigious prize for war correspondents, and the British OBE. A best-selling author who has been traveling to Afghanistan since 1987, her most recent book is Farewell Kabul: From Afghanistan to a More Dangerous World.

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