Afterwards: Contemporary Photography Confronting the Past - Hardcover

Herschdorfer, Nathalie

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0500543984 ISBN 13: 9780500543986

Publisher: Thames & Hudson, 2011

Synopsis

Shows the possibility for contemporary photography to question events, to connect us emotionally with our fellow humans, and to provide an opportunity to understand and find answers.

In a media-saturated world, are we in fact becoming immune to the impact of photography that captures cataclysmic moments of devastation and suffering? Have we increasingly stopped looking and thinking, or is it that we react more to photographs taken after an event where there’s an opportunity to reflect, to empathize?

This powerful and thought-provoking survey features work by thirty-one contemporary photographers―Robert Polidori, Suzanne Opton, Raphae¨l Dallaporta, Taryn Simon, Guy Tillim, and more―whose concern is to examine the aftermath of violence, disaster, and suffering. The photographs invite us to consider the resonance of events that have taken place over sixty years of modern history, including the aftermath of 9/11, Hurricane Katrina, the Srebrenica massacre in Bosnia, and the fate of people in the midst of horrible events or long-term upheaval, such as refugees, political prisoners, or survivors of natural disasters. 158 full-color and 31 black-and-white photographs

About this title

About the Author:

Nathalie Herschdorfer is a curator and art historian specializing in the history of photography. She is the director of the Museum of Fine Arts in Le Locle, Switzerland.

Review:

“Images in the book are neither didactic nor polemical, but do raise questions about how we perceive and process visual information.”
- Black & White Magazine

About this edition

• Publisher: Thames & Hudson
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0500543984
• ISBN 13: 9780500543986
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 192