Signed; Paolo Pellegrin [Magnum] - Kosovo [1999-2000] The Flight Of Reason - 2002

Rare copy exceptionally signed by Paolo Pellegrin on the title page. Original edition. 148 pages and 60 black and white photographs, mostly in double pages. Black cloth binding with the title embossed in relief within a small rectangular inset on the cover and spine, tone-on-tone, and illustrated dust jacket. Introduction note in English by Thomas Rees, captions and annotations for the photographs, and a chronology of Kosovo from 1389 to 2002. Copy in excellent condition (like new). This book is listed in Photobooks by Parr & Badger, Volume III, page 202, see photo.

Born in 1964 in Rome, Paolo Pellegrin is an Italian photographer. After studying architecture, he pursued photography studies. Since 1995, his photographic career has been marked by numerous awards and international distinctions. He has received many prizes such as the Robert Capa Gold Medal, Leica Medal of Excellence, as well as six World Press Photo awards and the Eugene Smith Fellowship. Nominated in 2000 by the Magnum agency, he became a full member in 2005.

The strength and intelligence of his work have established themselves over time as a universal and coherent oeuvre. His work as a news reporter is driven by a visual intensity of high artistic level and his grays, blacks, shadows and diagonals, transcend time and space, while his figures and natural landscapes become a testimony to the forces of existence in all possible conditions of survival and life.

He is the author of numerous books and the eminent art critic Germano Celant published in 2018 a monumental anthology on the photographic work of Paolo Pellegrin with an important text (https://fr.silvanaeditoriale.it/libro/9788836640485).

In this book, Kosovo, 1999-2000, The Flight of Reason, Paolo Pellgrin, illustrates one of the many ethnic conflicts that followed the breakup of Yugoslavia in the early 1990s: populations abandoning their villages and fleeing, as best they can, from death; refugee camps protected by barbed wire, grieving families at the bedsides of the dead. In these beautifully shot black-and-white photographs, darkness indeed dominates.

Book from my personal collection kept with the utmost care. Protected shipping with reinforced packaging and guaranteed international postal tracking. In case of multiple purchases, grouped shipment is possible with a refund of any excess postal fees paid via Paypal.

To better view the photographs, you can click on one of them to display it on a black background, which highlights it even more and is equipped with front/back functions that you can also exit at any time to return to the standard display.