What happens when a stranger enters a classroom during a lesson and asks for the pupils' total concentration for fifteen minutes in order to make their portrait? He position everyone with great care (so that they can clearly be seen) and then demands that they are 'ready' and completely still for the long exposure. The results are both predictable and astonishing. This on-going series by Julian Germain started in northeast England. Since then Germain has visited schools throughout North and South America, Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Southeast Asia. His magnificent photographs are packed with detail - books open on graffittied desks, instructions on white and blackboards, artwork hanging on walls, notes scribbled on the backs of hands. And of course there are the faces of the children themselves; enrapt, bored, inquisitive, arrogant, shy, they incite endless curiosity about what these kids' lives are like and what their futures hold. Exquisitely reproduced in an oversized format, these portraits trigger memories of our own schooldays and bring into sharp focus the contemporary school experience throughout the world in all its diversity and universality.
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"Germain's images offer an intense survey of a shared experience, tapping into surprisingly universal elements of the classroom setting as well as inevitable idiosyncrasies of culture and locale." - Photo-eye
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Julian Germain has published several books on photographic subjects. His project 'The Running Line,' is a sculptural installation in Gateshead, England, of more than 139,000 pictures made by amateur and professional photographers of the previous year's 'Great North Run.' He has also been collaborating with the same group of Brazilian street children on photographic art projects for over 15 years. He lives in Northumberland, England.
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By carlos
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es un libro ideal para regalar a personal docente y gente dedicada al mundo de la educación para comprobar lo poco que cambian alrededor del mundo el aspecto de una clase y de los alumnos
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great concept; wonderful pictures. interesting to see how alike and different we are. the book is a perfect gift for educators and i definitely recommend it.
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Beautiful, thought provoking book. I ordered one and loved it so much I ordered another two for gifts. The different cultures and expressions highlighted in this book are endlessly fascinating.
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