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Koen Wessing, "Chile 1973", Errata
Among the new books that Errata has published in its second set of lavishly reproduced study editions of rare photobooks, "Chile 1973" is a particularly notable milestone in photobook history. One reason for this is that the original was not a book but rather a staple-bound booklet with 26 photographs. Wessing decided to visit Chile during the military coup against the Allende government. Wearing the inconspicuous grey suit of a bureaucrat, he was able to photograph without arousing suspicion. The series begins with burning books and a funeral procession and moves then to a football stadium in which intellectuals and supporters of the Allende regime are interned after they are photographed and have their heads shaved. The concluding pictures show masses of soldiers on the street after the military has assumed power. They are little more than faceless agents of power ready to use violence. The juxtaposition of power and injustice, violence and oppression is precise in its accusations. The pictures, which are in the aesthetic tradition of Cartier-Bresson, are powerful and masterly. Errata has now made newly accessible Goldblatt’s "In Boksburg", Klein’s "New York" and the photobook jewel "Toshi-E" by Yutaka Takanashi. All of them have been beautifully reproduced and feature carefully researched texts and illustrated bibliographies. Although Wessing’s book is most powerful in the original edition, this small volume from Errata allows us to feel his moral indignation and his shock even forty years later. The publishers have done their very best to convey this feeling.
www.errataeditions.com/author_wessing_1a.html
07.06.2010
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