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Under the Spell of Arabia
Hardcover
Arabian PeninsulaGeneral Middle EastGeneral Middle Eastern HistoryGeneral Photography
Publisher Price: $9.95
ISBN13: 9780815607007
Publisher: Syracuse Univ Pr
Published: Jun 1 2001
Pages: 121
Weight: 3.12
Height: 0.80 Width: 10.45 Depth: 11.96
Language: English
The ravishing black-and-white images collected for this volume were hard won, In the early 1970s photographer Mathias Oppersdorff traveled to Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Oman, Jordan, and Yemen. Many obstacles stood in his way: Oppersdorff spoke no Arabic, Islamic culture discourages photography, and travel was
Having no deadlines and no one to please but myself, I was ready to trust my own vision, Oppersdorff writes. The rail, blond stranger was greeted warmly and treated to spontaneous hospitality. His empathic, classical images convey the pathos and dignity of daily life. His subjects work, socialize, and brave the harsh but magnificent landscape. Aesthetically, his work goes beyond the subject matter. Thirty years later, the world Oppersdorff portrays has largely vanished in the name of progress. We are fortunate to have access to this photographer's transcendent vision of ancient cultures on the cusp of irreversible change.
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