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So many worlds : a photographic record of our time

Dieter Bachmann and Daniel Schwartz ; with a foreword by Claudio Magris

Thames and Hudson, c1996

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Exhibition catalogue

"This publication accompanies the touring exhibition Der geduldige Planet : eine Weltgeschichte in 255 Fotos : du 1941 bis 1995 (The patient planet : a world history in 255 photos : du 1941 to 1995), which opened in September 1995 in Holderbank, Aargau, Switzerland"--T.p. verso

Sponsor: Pro Helevetia, Arts Council of Switzerland, Zurich

Exhibitors: Lucien Aigner, Manuel Alvarez-Bravo, Bruno Barbey ... [et al.]

"With 255 duotone illustrations"-- T.p

Biography: p. 280-286

Includes index

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This is a photographic history of the second half of the 20th century. The photographs cover areas as diverse as Western and Eastern Europe, the Americas, Africa and Asia, and subjects as broad-ranging as children and human relationships, work and religion. Contributors include Bill Brandt, Brassai, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Brue Davidson, Robert Frank, Ernst Haas, Andre Kertesz, Marc Riboud and Edward Steichen, along with lesser known photographers. The book also includes text on the role of photojournalism, and detailed biographies of the principal photographers.

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