Camilo José Vergara: Tracking Time Documenting America's Post-Industrial Cities |
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| Text by:
| Parak, Giesela |
| By (photographer):
| Vergara, Camilo José |
| ISBN: | 978-3-7356-0035-6 |
| Publication Date: | Mar 2016 |
| Publisher: | Kerber Verlag
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $40.00 |
Book Description:
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This catalogue is devoted to the work of Latin American photographer Camilo Vergara. He has been chronicling the tension in poverty-stricken, deprived areas in American cities for more than 40 years.His photographs document urban change, illustrate the symptoms of social conflict and show the widening gap in American society.As a visual tracker, photographic sociologist, ethnographer and urban researcher, he has created a unique archive of American (urban) history, cataloguing the...
More DescriptionThis catalogue is devoted to the work of Latin American photographer Camilo Vergara. He has been chronicling the tension in poverty-stricken, deprived areas in American cities for more than 40 years.His photographs document urban change, illustrate the symptoms of social conflict and show the widening gap in American society.As a visual tracker, photographic sociologist, ethnographer and urban researcher, he has created a unique archive of American (urban) history, cataloguing the changes in and break-up of neighbourhood communities.Published on the occasion of the exhibition at Museum für Photographie, Braunschweig, 17 October - 28 December 2014.