El Salvador
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Magnum photographer Larry Towell first traveled to El Salvador in 1986 as a member of a human rights delegation. Since the beginning of the civil war in 1979, 50,000 people had been killed, 25 percent of the population were refugees, and death squads terrorized the nation. The war ended in the early 1990s and Towell had thoroughly documented both the war and its aftermath. Towell is perhaps one of the finest photojournalists since Cartier-Bresson. In these haunting photographs, we see a world in which everyone becomes a combatant and every place a war zone. Yet amid the brutality and death there is a harsh beauty people grieve and move on; peasant women wash clothes and nurse infants under the eyes of soldiers; children with hopeful faces forage the dumpsites for food.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0393314286
ISBN13:9780393314281
Release Date:June 1997
Publisher:W. W. Norton & Company
Length:128 Pages
Weight:1.44 lbs.
Dimensions:0.4" x 8.5" x 11.0"
Related Subjects
Arts, Music & Photography Central America El Salvador History Photography Photojournalism TravelCustomer Reviews
3 ratings
An excellect pictoral representation of a great people
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 18 years ago
This was a shocker''the B/W photos are wonderful (Yo fui en El Salvador en Marzo)'' y this was an inspiration. The authors have included beautiful photographs and the text, such as it is, is dead on. I love ES and this book brought me to tears. viva la revolution y la FMLN
A different perspective
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 21 years ago
Larry Towell gives you a chance to see El Salvador through a completly different perspective. There are many books out there that show photography in a very literal way, but in this book you sometimes have to search for what Towell is trying to tell you. You can't just flip through this book and understand what is going on in a photo in a few seconds, but you have to take time to look at each one, think about it and look at all of the layers.If you are adept at looking at complex photojournlism, then I highly recommend this book.
Wonderful Photojournalism
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 24 years ago
I would recommend this book to anyone who is moved by high quality documentary black and white photogaphy. Or anyone who is interested in the culture of El Salvador. As a photography student, I know how many thousands of exposures it takes to get one image that has a truly unique perspective and contains real power. This book has many images that would be the "photo of a lifetime" for most people I know.It was very moving. Larry Towell does real honor to the word "photojournalist" with this collection of work. I would love to own a print from one of his negatives someday.
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