Anja Niedringhaus : at war
INITIAL_TITLE_SRCH:
Anja Niedringhaus : at war
AUTHOR:
Niedringhaus, Anja, 1965-2014
Ammann, Jean-Christophe
Demmer, Ulrike
Hoffmann, Felix
C/O Berlin
ISBN:
9783775732321
PUBLICATION_INFO:
Ostfildern : Hatje/Cantz, 2011
PHYSICAL_DESC:
180 p. : chiefly ill. ; 22 x 31 cm
GENERAL_NOTE:
Text in German with English translations
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
ABSTRACT:
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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SUBJECT:
Niedringhaus, Anja, 1965-2014 |
War photography -- Exhibitions |
Middle East -- History -- 21st century -- Pictorial works -- Exhibitions |
BIBSUMMARY:
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