| Human Documents: Eight Photographers Contributor(s): Gardner, Robert (Author), Warren, Charles (Editor), Rockefeller, Michael (Photographer) |
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ISBN: 0873658574 ISBN-13: 9780873658577 Publisher: Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, OUR PRICE: $49.50 Product Type: Hardcover Published: November 2009 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography - Photography | Photojournalism - Photography | Photoessays & Documentaries |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 2009011668 |
| Series: Peabody Museum |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 11.1" W x 9.2" (2.15 lbs) 128 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In Human Documents, Robert Gardner introduces the work of photographers with whom he has worked over a period of nearly fifty years under the auspices of the Film Study Center at Harvard. Their images achieve the status of what Gardner calls "human documents" visual evidence that testifies to our shared humanity. In images and words, the book adds to the already significant literature on photography and filmmaking as ways to gather both fact and insight into the human condition. In nearly 100 images spanning geographies and cultures including India, New Guinea, Ethiopia, and the United States, Human Documents demonstrates the important role photography can play in furthering our understanding of human nature and connecting people through an almost universal visual language. Author and cultural critic Eliot Weinberger contributes the essay "Photography and Anthropology (A Contact Sheet)," in which he provides a new and intriguing context for viewing and thinking about the images presented here. With photographs by Michael Rockefeller, Robert Gardner, Kevin Bubriski, Adelaide de Menil, Christopher James, Jane Tuckerman, Susan Meiselas, and Alex Webb. |
Contributor Bio(s): Gardner, Robert: - Robert Gardner was a nonfiction filmmaker, author, and founder of the Film Study Center at Harvard. His films include Dead Birds and Forest of Bliss.Bubriski, Kevin: - Kevin Bubriski, a documentary photographer, has been the recipient of Guggenheim, Fulbright, and NEA fellowships, and his photographs are in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Museum of Modern Art. He curated an exhibit of Michael Rockefeller's photographs at the Harvard Peabody Museum.Weinberger, Eliot: - Eliot Weinberger is an essayist, editor, and translator. His books include The Ghosts of Birds and An Elemental Thing.Warren, Charles: - Charles Warren teaches film studies at Boston University and the Harvard Extension School and is the editor of Beyond Document: Essays on Nonfiction Film. |