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"In her diary of her years in Africa, Ricciardi collects memories of places, people, and experiences in words and in pictures exuding joy, beauty, pain, and even horror. This great photographer ( Vanishing Africa; Vanishing Amazon ) presents an intimate account of Africa to the reader...with such sincerity that it may be experienced first-hand, unadulterated....Through stories and commentaries as well as pictures, the people emerge full of life and emotions, the landscape flows as the stage for their lives, and the reader gets a subtle lesson in history. Anyone interested in African adventure and travel should at least peruse this work...recommended for both public and academic libraries...."-- Library Journal. "Mirella Ricciardi('s)...visceral approach shows in this collection of photographs that depict a wide range of subjects, including wildlife, people, landscapes and war....chronicles a life spent in Africa from the 1920s to the present."-- Publishers Weekly.
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African Visions, Mirella Ricciardi
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- Année de publication
- 2000
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- Titre
- African Visions
- Sous-titre
- The Diary of an African Photographer
- Langue
- Anglais
- Auteurs
- Mirella Ricciardi
- Éditeur
- Cassell
- Publié
- 2000
- Format
- rigide
- Pages
- 288
- ISBN10
- 0304354015
- ISBN13
- 9780304354016
- Séries
- Mots clés
- Nonfiction, Art / Culture, Thème historique, Photographie, Afrique, Voyages
- Évaluation
- 4,45 sur 5
- Description
- "In her diary of her years in Africa, Ricciardi collects memories of places, people, and experiences in words and in pictures exuding joy, beauty, pain, and even horror. This great photographer ( Vanishing Africa; Vanishing Amazon ) presents an intimate account of Africa to the reader...with such sincerity that it may be experienced first-hand, unadulterated....Through stories and commentaries as well as pictures, the people emerge full of life and emotions, the landscape flows as the stage for their lives, and the reader gets a subtle lesson in history. Anyone interested in African adventure and travel should at least peruse this work...recommended for both public and academic libraries...."-- Library Journal. "Mirella Ricciardi('s)...visceral approach shows in this collection of photographs that depict a wide range of subjects, including wildlife, people, landscapes and war....chronicles a life spent in Africa from the 1920s to the present."-- Publishers Weekly.