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Highlights
- Sheikh and Cole's acclaimed text-image vision of a compassionate global community, now redesigned with a new coverFor the past 25 years Fazal Sheikh (born 1965) has highlighted the plight of displaced people and refugees around the world.
- 256 Pages
- Photography, Individual Photographers
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Book Synopsis
Sheikh and Cole's acclaimed text-image vision of a compassionate global community, now redesigned with a new cover
For the past 25 years Fazal Sheikh (born 1965) has highlighted the plight of displaced people and refugees around the world. He has photographed people driven from their homes by war as well as those upended by the redrawing of national borders and the reassertion of racial and ethnic divisions. Sheikh has also made sublime photographs of landscapes altered by political and environmental crises.
In recent years, the shift to the political right in the US has been replicated across Europe, the Middle East, Central and East Africa and Southeast Asia, as authoritarian governments and xenophobia have increased. As an act of refusal of these political trends, Sheikh sought out the celebrated novelist and critic Teju Cole (born 1975) for a collaboration that would reinforce their commitment to the ideal of a compassionate global community as well as the importance of individual courage. The resulting book, now reprinted with a new cover, represents the two authors' distinct visions, their shared values and mutual spirit of cooperation. With Cole's words and Sheikh's photos we are confronted with fundamental and newly necessary questions of co-existence: Who is my neighbor? Who is kin to me? Who is a stranger? What does it mean to be human?Review Quotes
Everything about the book appears modest -- its proportions are those of a literary work; Sheikh's photos are illustration-sized; Cole's texts are seldom longer than a paragraph or two. And yet its theme is overwhelming.--Luc Sante "New York Times: Book Review "
A book on global migrants and refugees by novelist Teju Cole and photographer Fazal Sheikh explores the agency and humanity of the displaced and dispossessed.--Tanvi Misra "CityLab "
In "Human Archipelago" this truth unfolds page by page, plain as day.--Sharon Mizota "Los Angeles Times "
Dimensions (Overall): 8.9 Inches (H) x 6.2 Inches (W) x 1.1 Inches (D)
Weight: 1.65 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 256
Genre: Photography
Sub-Genre: Individual Photographers
Publisher: Steidl
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Street Date: September 28, 2021
TCIN: 84858451
UPC: 9783958299115
Item Number (DPCI): 247-10-6437
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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