The impulse to preserve : reflections of a filmmaker / Robert Gardner ; foreword by Charles Simic ; edited by Ted Perry ; designed by Jeannet Leendertse.

1590512367 (alk. paper)
9781590512364 (alk. paper)

New York : Other Press, c2006.

English

xi, 372 p. : ill. (some col.), maps ; 29 cm.

GN347 .G37 2006

305.8

"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.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 371).

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