Rise and crisis of the “european dream”: A brief history in photo books
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https://doi.org/10.24310/Fotocinema.2020.vi21.9998Keywords:
History of Photography, Photojournalism, Photobooks, Europe, MemoriaAbstract
Photobooks are fundamental for the dissemination of photography and their study in recent times has led to a recovery of the “other history” of the medium. This article esxlores with five publications by, respectively, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Paul Graham, Carlos Spottorno, Roger Grasas and Federico Clavarino. Their common thread is the idea of ??Europe. Analyzing the work of these authors allows us to observe how the same theme has been treated, beginning from the Second Post-War years up to more recent works released after the 2008 crisis. They present us with fundamental questions about the configuration of a European identity that is not exempt from conflicts: the inheritance of a cumbersome past, the north-south and/or east-west divides, cultural clichés, the way in which the exercise of power affects citizens. The article identifies the conceptual approaches of each photobook, as well as the thematic and aesthetic elements that define them, in close connection with their respective historical and creative contexts.
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