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von Sebastian Hau
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Schlagworte: Susan Meiselas, Paul Fusco, Stefania Gurdowa, Jens Olof Lasthein
Susan Meiselas: "Nicaragua"
Aperture 2008, ISBN 9781597110716
This is the long-awaited reprint of the famous Nicaragua book with the images Susan Meiselas took of the Sandinista revolution against the Somoza dictatorship between June 1978 and July 1979. The book starts with impressions from a country in turmoil, of a subdued and poor people, of the infamous National Guard and quickly moves to graffiti, demonstrations and then steps into the revolution, the war in the streets. There is a heroic side to this story as much as there are gruesome and shocking images of the dead and tortured. As a document to the victory of the oppressed, together with a chronology, quotes and captions that complete the book it is moving and unsettling. This was a revolution that Europe didn’t care about so much, and a historic event that was on the rim of everybody's attention the way in which Meiselas documented the hardships and the ultimate victory of the Sandinistas make this a very special book. Aperture will never be famous for its book design, but this one is well-produced and they have added a booklet with an interview with the author and a DVD with a film Meiselas produced later about Nicaragua.
Magnum Photos has most of the images from the series available on its archive page: www.magnumphotos.com/Archive/c.aspx?VP=XSpecific_MAG.BookDetail_VPage&pid=2K7O3R15NM54
27.01.2009
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