Humanity and Inhumanity (Hardcover)

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Rodger, co-founder of Magnum Photos picture agency, began his career as a still photographer for the BB. His memorable images of World War II are unsurpassed--Eric Sevareid broadcasting live during an air raid; steel-helmeted civil defense workers taking time for tea in a china cup; the corpse of a German soldier lying in front of a suburban villa in France. Yet his studies of tribal rituals and ceremonies in South Africa, Uganda and Southern Sudan after the war are just as likely to get under your skin. The humanity in Rodger's work is epitomized, perhaps, by his photo of Dr. Albert Schweitzer in his jungle office, with a kitten on his desk.

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British photographer Rodger (1908-) is not well known to most of us, despite his photojournalistic achievements. He covered almost every theater of World War II for Life magazine, documenting his assignments and other photographic travels in a half-dozen books. With Robert Capa, David Seymour, and Henri Cartier-Bresson, he founded Magnum Photos in 1947 and continued to photograph for such illustrated magazines as National Geographic, Holiday, London Illustrated, Paris Match, and Der Stern. His most recent work, included in this retrospective volume, focuses on African tribal life. By far the most important contribution of this book is Rodger's coverage of London during the Blitz; the life of the Allied troops in Syria, Burma, Eritrea, Libya, Jordan, Afghanistan, western Africa, and Italy; and the liberation of the Nazi concentration camp at Bergen-Belsen. The reproductions are excellent. Recommended for photojournalism and photography collections.
Kathleen Collins, New York Transit Museum, Brooklyn
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 320 pages
• Publisher: Phaidon Press (January 8, 1994)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0714831654
• ISBN-13: 978-0714831657
• Product Dimensions: 11.8 x 10.2 x 1.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #2,250,088 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Photojournalism as an Art, June 20, 2000

By	msauerbrey - See all my reviews

This review is from: Humanity and Inhumanity (Paperback)

I bet you know some of his photographs. Startet as an stills photographer in the BBC George Rodger became famous with his pictures made for the LIFE magazine, was a co-founder of the Magnum Pictures agency and was later active in Africa and Asia. The book concentrates on his work while and after World War II, starting with his pictures of british people under the german Blitz, the air raids against british towns and civilists. Then the liberation of Europe, France, Italy ... the horrible pictures of the first Concentration Camp freed by american troops (Bergen Belsen), journeys through africa with the first pictures of the Nuba Tribe (there is a whole book available about this), often claimed to be much better then the later works of Leni Riefenstahl, Asia - the time range goes from the forties to pictures from Africa from 1979. George Rodger died in 1995. If you're interested in reportage photography then this is a must have.

0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful, September 19, 2001

By	Michael Casey "Michael" (Atlanta, GA United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Yet another wonderfully photographed book by an original member of the Magnum family. Rodger's images circle the globe and tell wonderful stories from everywhere. Rather well printed, excellent b&w compositions that any photographer or artist must respect.