UNDEREXPOSED - Photographers.it - la vetrina dei fotografi sul

UNDEREXPOSED - Photographers.it - la vetrina dei fotografi sul mondo
E' uscito nel Maggio 2002 questo splendido volume
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ISBN: 1 903399 21 1
Publication date: May 2002
Price: £35 - Our Price £26.25
Extent and binding: 224 pages, hardback
Size: 240 x 320 mm
Colour and B&W
Underexposed tells the stories behind the photographs which determine our view of history, providing a reality check on
alleged events from the last hundred years and documenting the struggle of the powerful to contend with rival cultural
forces of media and information. Reclaimed from the trash cans of the Second World War. From the cruelty of Stalin's
Russia and fundamentalist chaos in Iran to the horrors of the Gulf war and perspectives on September 11th - even Hitler's
preening speech rehearsals come back to argue with his self-made myth. Via disgruntled starlets, ecological destruction
and US nuclear tests, Underexposed gathers together some of the most ideologically dangerous photographs ever taken
and releases them to haunt the increasingly manipulated, re-touched present.
Edited by Colin Jacobson, and including text from a host of names such as former Times editor Harold Evans and
erstwhile Magnum Photos President Philip Jones Griffith, it's a seminal work for all those curious about what lies beneath
the last century's layers of spin.
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From: Colin Jacobson
To: Luca Pagni - Photographers
Sented: July, 31 th, 2003 22.48
Dear Luca,
Whelan gets passionate about the Falling Soldier but there are still doubts in many people's minds about the
photo.
I didn't do any original research on the story - most of my caption was based on Philip Knightley's book.
I would say the "truth" will never emerge unless someone is secretly siting on negatives or contact sheets.
The fact that the man in the picture has been apparently identified does not by itself establish that Capa's was
"the moment of death".
Sorry not to be able to help with "historical truth".
My point was really that we should be very wary of accepting iconoic photographs at face value.
Best wishes, Colin
Signalling © Luca B. Pagni, Roma,Italy
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