The impulse to preserve
reflections of a filmmaker
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Word Count
93,000 words, Guess
Page Count
372 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL3406931M
- ISBN-101590512367
- OCLC Control Number61262328
- OCLC Control Numberimpulsetopreserv0000gard
- Library of Congress Control Number2005022672
and 2 more
- Goodreads461962
- LibraryThing1120042
Classifications
- DDC305.8
- LCCGN347 .G37 2006
Description
"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.
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