Leni Riefenstahl - Africa - 2005-2005





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Africa by Leni Riefenstahl, hardback, English edition published by TASCHEN as the 25th Anniversary reprint of 2005; 560 pages, 30 × 22 cm, with colour and black-and-white photography and a cassette, in very good condition.
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Gorgeous photo book by Leni Riefenstahl, published by Taschen – the 25th Anniversary Edition from 2005. The book has 560 pages and contains richly illustrated photo material in color and black-and-white, divided into five chapters per region.
Riefenstahl captured the peoples of East Africa between the 1950s and 1970s, including the Nuba, Maasai, Shilluk and Dinka in Kenya and Sudan. The photographs show portraits of individuals and groups in traditional dress, village life, celebrations and hunting scenes – captured with her characteristic eye for movement, ritual and composition. More photos on the Coeval Magazine website.
The book opens with an extensive interview with Riefenstahl by British film historian Kevin Brownlow, in English, German and French. At the back, an extensive biography with private photos, filmography and bibliography.
A special item for lovers of photography, anthropology or twentieth-century visual culture. The book is in very good condition, with minor signs of use on the case.
Gorgeous photo book by Leni Riefenstahl, published by Taschen – the 25th Anniversary Edition from 2005. The book has 560 pages and contains richly illustrated photo material in color and black-and-white, divided into five chapters per region.
Riefenstahl captured the peoples of East Africa between the 1950s and 1970s, including the Nuba, Maasai, Shilluk and Dinka in Kenya and Sudan. The photographs show portraits of individuals and groups in traditional dress, village life, celebrations and hunting scenes – captured with her characteristic eye for movement, ritual and composition. More photos on the Coeval Magazine website.
The book opens with an extensive interview with Riefenstahl by British film historian Kevin Brownlow, in English, German and French. At the back, an extensive biography with private photos, filmography and bibliography.
A special item for lovers of photography, anthropology or twentieth-century visual culture. The book is in very good condition, with minor signs of use on the case.

