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PublisherContrasto Due

ISBN-108869655806

ISBN-139788869655807

eBay Product ID (ePID)209839764

Product Key Features

Book TitleEyes Wide Open

Number of Pages200 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2015

TopicEditors, Journalists, Publishers, Photojournalism, Photoessays & Documentaries

IllustratorYes

GenrePhotography, Biography & Autobiography

AuthorMario Calabresi

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height0.9 in

Item Weight23.3 Oz

Item Length9 in

Item Width6.5 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

Dewey Edition23

Dewey Decimal070.490922

Table Of Content*Steve McCurry-In Filthy Water *Josef Koudelka-An anonymous citizen of Prague *Don McCullin-Unable to cry *Elliott Erwitt-The poets are few *Paul Fusco-History in a drawer *Alex Webb-Colour beyond the wall *Gabriele Basilico-An astonished child *Abbas-What I have learnt *Paolo Pellegrin-Luna's Voice *Sebastião Salgado-Like an astronaut

SynopsisIn the last five years, Mario Calabresi has collected a series of interviews to renow - ned international pho - tographers. The result of his meetings is this book: an exciting dive into history through the images and the words of great witnesses that have captured and lived some of the most tragic and intense momen - ts of our past. With an engaging prose, able to transmit the strength and the emotions of the protagonists, Calabre - si guides the reader in a fascinating journey through time, offering him an incredibly privi - leged perspective: the eyes of photojournali - sts who have created the common historical memory. So, here it is Paul Fusco that narrates Bob Kennedy's funeral, or Josef Koudelka that describes the first moments of the arrival of the tanks in Prague, or John Morris that is still moved remembering his friend Robert Capa, and then Salgado, Erwitt, McCullin, Webb, Abbas, Pellegrin, Scianna and Basilico. At the end, a chapter about three young photojour - nalists: Alessio Romenzi, Fabio Bucciarelli and Pietro Masturzo, With Open Eyes is the collection of Mario Calabresi's interviews with renowned international photographers (Steve McCurry, Don McCullin, Elliott Erwitt, Paul Fusco, Josef Koudelka, Alex Webb, Gabriele Basilico, Abbas, Paolo Pellegrin, and Sebasti o Salgado): an exciting dive into history through the images and the words of great witnesses who have captured and lived some of the most tragic and intense moments of our past, creating the common historical memory with their photographs. Mario Calabresi , writer and journalist, has been editor in chief of the Italian newspaper La Stampa since 2009. A graduate in history, he worked as parliamentary reporter for Ansa and at La Stampa newsroom in Rome. He was news editor at la Repubblica and, as contributor from New York, he followed the presidential campaign and the election of Barack Obama., Intense, fascinating, rich in extraordinary stories. Know the protagonists and, through their words and their photographs, become witnesses of history., With Open Eyes is the collection of Mario Calabresi's interviews with renowned international photographers (Steve McCurry, Don McCullin, Elliott Erwitt, Paul Fusco, Josef Koudelka, Alex Webb, Gabriele Basilico, Abbas, Paolo Pellegrin, and Sebastiao Salgado): an exciting dive into history through the images and the words of great witnesses who have captured and lived some of the most tragic and intense moments of our past, creating the common historical memory with their photographs. Mario Calabresi , writer and journalist, has been editor in chief of the Italian newspaper La Stampa since 2009. A graduate in history, he worked as parliamentary reporter for Ansa and at La Stampa newsroom in Rome. He was news editor at la Repubblica and, as contributor from New York, he followed the presidential campaign and the election of Barack Obama.

LC Classification NumberTR820