Infra : photographs / by Richard Mosse ; with an essay by Adam Hochschild.

Main entry:

Mosse, Richard.

Title & Author:

Infra : photographs / by Richard Mosse ; with an essay by Adam Hochschild.

Edition:

1st trade ed.

Publication:

New York, N.Y. : Aperture Foundation : Available in North America through, D.A.P., 2012.

Description:

135 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 27 cm

Summary:

"Infra, Richard Mosse's first book, offers a radical rethinking of how to depict a conflict as complex and intractable as the ongoing war in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Mosse depicts the rich topography, inscribed with the traces of conflicting interests, as well as rebel groups of constantly shifting allegiances at war with the Congolese national army (itself a patchwork of recently integrated warlords and their militias). For centuries, the Congo has repeatedly compelled and defied the Western imagination. Mosse brings to this subject the use of a type of color infrared film called Kodak Aerochrome. Originally developed for military reconnaissance and now discontinued, it registers an invisible spectrum of infrared light, rendering the green landscape in vivid hues of lavender, crimson, and hot pink. The results offer a fevered inflation of traditional reportage, underlining the growing tension between art, fiction, and photojournalism. Mosse's work highlights the ineffable nature of current events in today's Congo. Infra's photographic dialogue begins as an intoxicating meditation on a broken genre, but ends as a haunting elegy for a vividly beautiful land touched by unspeakable tragedy."--Publisher's website.

ISBN:

9781597112024
159711202X

Subject:

Mosse, Richard.
Photography, Artistic.
Infrared photography.
Photojournalism Democratic Republic of the Congo.
War and society Democratic Republic of the Congo Pictorial works.
Photographie artistique.
Photographie en infrarouge.
Photographie de presse Congo (République démocratique)
Guerre et société Congo (République démocratique) Ouvrages illustrés.
art photography.
infrared photography.
Photojournalism
War and society
Congo (Democratic Republic)

Form/genre:

illustrated books.
Illustrated works
Ouvrages illustrés.

Added entries:

Hochschild, Adam.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 277746
Call No.: BIB 212753
Status: Available

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