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Portrait Photographs from Isfahan: Faces in Transition

Categorie	Fotografie (Kunst)
Boeknummer	#332203-AE7
Titel	Portrait Photographs from Isfahan: Faces in Transition
Auteur	Damandan, Parisa
Boektype	Paperback
Uitgeverij	Saqi Books
Jaar van uitgave	2004
ISBN10	0863565530
ISBN13	9780863565533
Taal	Engels
Beschrijving	Paperback, illustrated with numerous (full page) b/w photographs, 4to.
Samenvatting	The establishment of the Islamic Republic of Iran in 1979 meant women were forced to wear the hijab and photographs of them uncovered were forbidden. As a result, many photographers' studios were burnt to the ground, while remaining archives of invaluable glass-plate negatives were left to moulder in attics. Parisa Damandan spent over ten years accumulating an impressive collection of pioneering photographs from the early twentieth century, in her hometown of Isfahan. Recently emancipated women posing in various state of dress, Polish war refugees on their tortuous journey home after fleeing the Nazis, men in fashionable hats or in traditional turbans and cloaks ? these portraits offer a remarkable window on the changing face of Iranian society during a period of transition from a tradi... (Lees verder)tional to a modern culture.
Pagina's	263
Conditie	Goed — Bottom edge back cover slightly damaged/worn.
Prijs	€ 10,00

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