The impulse to preserve : reflections of a filmmaker / Robert Gardner ; foreword by Charles Simic ; edited by Ted Perry ; designed by Jeannet Leendertse.
Gardner, Robert, 1925-2014.; Perry, Ted, 1937-
2006
GN347 .G37 2006 (Mapit)
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Title The impulse to preserve : reflections of a filmmaker / Robert Gardner ; foreword by Charles Simic ; edited by Ted Perry ; designed by Jeannet Leendertse.
Author Gardner, Robert, 1925-2014.
ISBN 1590512367 (alk. paper)
9781590512364 (alk. paper)
Imprint New York : Other Press, c2006.
Language English
Description xi, 372 p. : ill. (some col.), maps ; 29 cm.
Call Number GN347 .G37 2006
Dewey Decimal Classification 305.8
Summary "Despite Primo Levi's dire warning about the "inadequacy of documentary evidence," Robert Gardner's work shows that capturing the light reflected from actuality has its revelatory moments. Including nearly 500 photographs, The Impulse to Preserve contains the thoughts and images of a lifetime spent probing human experience in the world's most remote corners. In each undertaking, an issue or condition common to humanity is intently observed. In Neolithic West Papua in 1961, it is ritual warfare and revenge; in Nigeria 1965, ritual pain; in Ethiopia in the late sixties, male supremacy; in Niger 1978, envy; and in Benares, India 1985 mortality and its expression in worship."--BOOK JACKET.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references (p. 371).
Added Author Perry, Ted, 1937-
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A human document
Dead birds
A kind of sacrifice
Creatures of pain
The Nuer
Rivers of sand
The hanging
Ladakh
Deep hearts
Ika hands
Rushes : forest of bliss
City of light
Stone, birds, air, and water
Going back
Fixing time
Meadows and carved choirs
Holy men
Isle of dogs
Just representing
Passenger
Camera visions.

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