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Humanity and Inhumanity: The Photographic Journey of George Rodger Paperback – 26 Aug 1999

by Bruce Bernard (Author), Peter Marlow (Author), Henri Cartier-Bresson (Introduction)
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  • Paperback: 320 pages
  • Publisher: Phaidon Press; New edition edition (26 Aug. 1999)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0714839019
  • ISBN-13: 978-0714839011
  • Product Dimensions: 25.4 x 3.2 x 29.2 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,482,667 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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'The outstanding photographic book of the year.' (TheBritish Journal of Photography)

'A beautiful volume of photographs.' (Sunday Times)

About the Author

Co-founder of the prestigious Magnum agency, George Rodger (1908-95) was a war correspondent with Life from 1939 to 1945. Traumatized by the experience of war, he embarked on a 28,000-mile journey to Africa and the Middle East, concentrating on rituals and ways of life in close relationship with nature.

Bruce Bernard (1929-2000) was a picture editor and writer whose interest in photography dated back to his childhood. His career with images included eight years as Picture Editor of the Sunday Times magazine and four years as Visual Arts Editor of the Independent magazine. Among his previous works are the anthology Photodiscovery (1980), Vincent by Himself (1985) and The Queen of Heaven (1987). He reviewed books and exhibitions for several publications including the Spectator. His most recent book Century (Phaidon, 1999), to which he devoted the last years of his life, is a vast photographic record of the twentieth century.

Peter Marlow was President of Magnum from 1989 to 1993. He started his photographic career in 1977, working on news and features with Sygma. His work has been published internationally and his latest publication is Liverpool: Looking out to Sea (1993).

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5.0 out of 5 starsWhole gamut of interesting photos of man
By Dummyrun on 20 Sept. 2013
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This is like a Steichen's Family of Man, without the editing out of the bad bits. Some of the images are harrowing, definitely not a book to leave lying around if you have kids. Other images are equally impressive for the story telling nature of what man has been up to in the last century. Photos like the Emir Abdullah playing chess in Jordan in 1941 are very interesting.

From a technical perspective, there are some beautifully lit photos here too, I think once Rodger had made a name for himself, it freed him up from the shotgun type approach of photography to more considered still life pictures which are equally impressive as those when travelling around and photographing the impact of war in far flung corners of the world.
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Amazon.com: HASH(0x8c2d3cfc) out of 5 stars 3 reviews
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HASH(0x8c5dab94) out of 5 stars Photojournalism as an Art 20 Jun. 2000
By msb - Published on Amazon.com
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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.
HASH(0x8c138ac8) out of 5 stars Good Overview of Rodger's Work and Life 20 Nov. 2013
By Sven Mueller - Published on Amazon.com
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Some of Rodger's photos are overrated, in my view. He too often tilts the camera a little so that the view is askew and the horizon isn't parallel to the edge of the image. It is, nonetheless, a good collection of his work, and anyone who's interested in the history of Magnum will appreciate the collection.
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HASH(0x8c092bd0) out of 5 stars Beautiful 19 Sept. 2001
By Michael Casey - Published on Amazon.com
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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.
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