| Humanitas II: The People of Gujarat Contributor(s): Roberts, Fredric (Photographer) |
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ISBN: 0789209497 ISBN-13: 9780789209498 Publisher: Abbeville Press OUR PRICE: $54.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: September 2007 Annotation: Fredric Roberts' "Humanitas I: The People of Gujarat" won widespread acclaim for its unforgettable images of beauty and grace, work and family, and spirituality and devotion among supposedly " primitive" Asian people. In this second volume, Roberts expands his study of timeless human values as recorded during his travels through Asian nations including India, Cambodia, Bhutan, Thailand, Myanmar, and China. Roberts is noted for combining a humanitarian spirit with a powerful visual artistry; here these skills captures the daily lives of his subjects as they eat and drink, commune and pray, work and relax. Carefully manipulating color and composition, Roberts fashions his shots with visual and sensuous sophistication. He creates dazzling portraits and tableaux of rural lifestyles, revealing ways of life that get little notice in the West but contain many lessons for it. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Photography | Individual Photographers - General - Photography | Subjects & Themes - Regional (see Also Travel - Pictorials) - Photography | Photoessays & Documentaries |
| Dewey: 954.75 |
| Physical Information: 0.82" H x 10.65" W x 11.42" (2.88 lbs) 158 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In a brilliant follow-up to his critically acclaimed book, Humanitas, Fredric Roberts continues his journey in search of humanity with Humanitas II, chronicling stories of beauty and grace, work and family, spirituality and devotion, while redefining photographic documentation and representation. This time he takes us to Mumbai and throughout the state of the Gujarat in India. Roberts' striking photographs explore India today and its links to the past. Here are day-to-day events as well as special ceremonies, giving us a firsthand view of these peoples that serves to the gap between us and them. The subject often looks directly at the photographer and at the reader, effortlessly prompting a cross-cultural dialogue. Arthur Ollman, Director of the Museum of Photographic Arts, returns in this volume with a foreword, and Deborah Willis contributes her introduction to place this stunning second installment of Humanitas in context. |