Eduardo Galeano and editors Lou Dematteis and Chris Vail collect ten years worth of documents chronicling upheavel and war in Central America. This work, covering the period of Nicaragua's violent history since 1979 in a collection of black and white photographic images by photographers from Nicaragua, the United States and around the world, ranges from the Sandanista triumph to the brutal Contra war and the election of Vileta Chamorro.

Nicaragua: A Decade of Revolution

History

Dematteis, Lou

GALEANO, EDUARDO

Americas

W.W.Norton&Company

After a long period of isolation, Vietnam has begun to open its doors to the rest of the world. The nation has been experiencing an internal liberalization which is causing dramatic changes in economic, social and artistic spheres. Focusing his camera on the daily lives of ordinary people, Lou Dematteis documents a vibrant, rapidly-changing country of over 72 million people. Photojournalist Dematteis took the photographs in this collection on trips to Vietnam from 1992 to 1995. He chose to photograph ordinary Vietnamese going about their daily lives during a period when their country was opening its doors to foreigners after a long period of isolation. As Dematteis notes in his introduction, many books and motion pictures have "taught us much about the American War in Indochina, but precious little about the Vietnamese people themselves." These photographs give a kaleidoscopic view of the people and places of modern Vietnam. But it is the images of the lingering destruction caused by the war that will move American readers of a certain age: a disabled Vietnamese veteran staring out from his hospital bed, a child suffering from the effects of Agent Orange, an American veteran laying incense on the grave of a former enemy. Recommended for public libraries. Caroline Mitchell, Washington, D.C.

A Portrait of Vietnam

Arts & Photography

Photography & Video

After a long period of isolation, Vietnam has begun to open its doors to the rest of the world. The nation has been experiencing an internal liberalization which is causing dramatic changes in economic, social and artistic spheres. Focusing his camera on the daily lives of ordinary people, Lou Dematteis documents a vibrant, rapidly-changing country of over 72 million people. Photojournalist Dematteis took the photographs in this collection on trips to Vietnam from 1992 to 1995. He chose to photograph ordinary Vietnamese going about their daily lives during a period when their country was opening its doors to foreigners after a long period of isolation. As Dematteis notes in his introduction, many books and motion pictures have "taught us much about the American War in Indochina, but precious little about the Vietnamese people themselves." These photographs give a kaleidoscopic view of the people and places of modern Vietnam. But it is the images of the lingering destruction caused by the war that will move American readers of a certain age: a disabled Vietnamese veteran staring out from his hospital bed, a child suffering from the effects of Agent Orange, an American veteran laying incense on the grave of a former enemy.

Collections, Catalogs & Exhibitions

Crude Reflections / Cruda Realidad: Oil, Ruin and Resistance in the Amazon Rainforest (English and Spanish Edition)

Crude Reflections chronicles the human and environmental impact of oil drilling in the Ecuadorian Amazon, where the pollution is so extensive that medical experts currently predict thousands of deaths from cancer and the disappearance of five indigenous rainforest communities.
Photographers Lou Dematteis and Kayana Szymczak have documented the physical and emotional reality of those affected by this toxic contamination, roughly thirty times greater than the more widely reported Exxon Valdez oil spill. Their powerful images are accompanied by moving first-person testimonies from the victims, and the uplifting story of efforts by local communities to seek justice and to prevent further drilling.

Szymczak, Kayana

City Lights Publishers

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Nicaragua: A Decade of Revolution

A Portrait of Vietnam

A Portrait of Vietnam

Crude Reflections / Cruda Realidad: Oil, Ruin and Resistance in the Amazon Rainforest (English and Spanish Edition)

Crude Reflections / Cruda Realidad: Oil, Ruin and Resistance in the Amazon Rainforest (English and Spanish Edition)