Michael von Graffenried: Inside Algeria by Von Graffenried, Michael; Mary-Jane Deeb; Robert Delpire - 1998

NY: Aperture, 1998. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Hardcover, 160 pages. Michael von Graffenried, an award-winning Swiss photographer, covertly photographed civil strife in Algeria from the early 1990s through 1998. In a land where Islamic terrorists have executed over sixty journalists and photographers in the last seven years, Graffenried's very survival is remarkable. His extraordinary accomplishment, however, is these photographs, which form a composite of Algeria that is more whole than the nation itself, fractured by one segment of the population in favor of democracy and another in favor of an Islamic state.Graffenried makes his pictures secretly, using an antique Widelux panoramic camera with a hidden lens. He would risk his picture and his life were he to raise a camera to his eyes. Instead, he shoots from the hip, with his hands clasped over what looks like a pair of binoculars. In learning to frame his photographs without a viewfinder, he opens himself to a rich array of surprise… Read More

Aperture Foundation, Incorporated. Used - Very Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.

New York: Aperture, 1998. Book. Illus. by Author. New. Hardcover. 1st.ed. 1998 ,Hardcover with the dust jacket in the publishers shrink wrap,160pp.Illustrated with 120 duo-tone photos.Condition as stated. Size: 12"x 10".

New York : Aperture Foundation, 1998. Hardcover. New. Original boards, dust jacket, oblong, circa 25x31cm, illustrated with photographs.

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