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Author / Creator:Niedringhaus, Anja, 1965-2014
Edition:1. Aufl.
Imprint:Ostfildern : Hatje/Cantz, 2011.
Description:180 p. : chiefly ill. ; 22 x 31 cm.
Language:German
English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8527743
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Other authors / contributors:Ammann, Jean-Christophe.
Demmer, Ulrike.
Hoffmann, Felix, curator.
Niedringhaus, Anja, 1965-2014
C/O Berlin (Gallery)
ISBN:9783775732321
3775732322
Notes:Published on the occasion of the exhibition, Anja Niedringhaus : At War, presented at C/O Berlin in Berlin, Germany, from Sept. 10- Dec. 4, 2011.
Includes bibliographical references.
Text in German with English translations.
Summary:The nature of Anja Niedringhaus' work means taking photographs under extreme conditions. She deliberately seeks out these kinds of extreme experiences because they bring her closer to her subjects and herself. This experience is often lost to the normal observer, for whom the context tends to undermine the drama. Her works focus on people: soldiers, weary and traumatized civilians, prisoners of war. Her photographs show faces marked by exhaustion, desperation, and tension-yet again and again, they reveal brief, unexpected moments of laughter, lightheartedness, and joy amid the suffering. The photographer approaches her subjects with curiosity and understanding, never compromising their dignity.

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Call Number: f TR820.6 .N54 2011
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