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HIGHLY IMPRESSIVE, UNDERRATED PHOTOBOOK by Kai Wiedenhöfer and EARLY STEIDL PUBLICATION.

"For more than 10 years, from 1990 to 2001, Kai Wiedenhöfer lived in and photographed the Israeli-occupied territories. He even learned Arabic in his efforts to understand the mentality of the inhabitants of the Middle East. It wasn't long before the Palestinians called him Habib al-Schaab, or friend of the people. They opened up to him and allowed him to gain insight into a world that the press generally presents in stereotypes."
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Excellent fresh and flawless condition - COLLECTOR'S COPY.

This is an exclusive photobook auction by Anatole Desachy (France) and Ecki Heuser (Germany).
During the incredible period of troubles all around the world, we have selected 60 photobooks to remember that war is (not) over. 
This auction gathers works from the archive (Robert Capa, Stanley Greene and others) to our times (Gilles Peress, Kent Klich, Fouad Elkoury and many others) and it's a way for us to share about 'photographers at war' into photobook's history.

"Kai Wiedenhöfer's photographs live from his close contact to the people pictured. They tell about the day-to-day lives of men, women and chil-dren, the victims and warriors of the Intifada, the dogged fight against the occupation. Perfect Peace portrays the hopes and disappointments in a region that will find peace only through mutual understanding."
(from the publisher)

"Kai Wiedenhöfer, born in Germany in 1966, studied photojournalism at the Folkwang School in Essen and Arabic in Damascus, Syria. A photographer with Lookat Photos in Switzerland, he has worked in the Middle East since 1989. He has received numerous awards, most recently the Alexia Grant, the World Press."
(from the publisher)

Steidl, Göttingen. 2003. First edition, first printing. 

Hardcover in linen with dustjacket and with loosely laid-in German text booklet. 236 x 335 mm. 170 pages. Photos: Kai Wiedenhöfer. Layout: Kai Wiedenhöfer. Text: Stefanie Rosenkranz, Kai Wiedenhöfer. Text in English (booklet in German).

Condition:
Book inside and outside like new and unread; fresh and flawless, clean with no marks and with no foxing, Dustjacket very fresh; slightest trace of use, no remarkable flaws or defects. Overall near mint, near perfect condition.

Great photobook by Kai Wiedenhöfer - in wonderful fresh collector's condition.

Unequal battles between stone-throwers and machine-gun wielders, endless nightly raids, the arrest of young resistance fighters, children playing in the dismal makeshift playgrounds of barricades and burning cars: these are the images that one connects with the Gaza Strip, and they are the images that photographer Kai Wiedenhofer has made during his recent time there. But Habib al-Schaab, or friend of the people, as he is known to locals, has also shot pictures that show the oppressive normality of everyday life, the laughter of children, the grain harvest, the war games played with plastic pistols. For more than ten years, from 1990 to 2001, Wiedenhofer has lived and photographed in the Israeli-occupied territories. He has learned Arabic, taken a close look at the Middle East, and tried to understand the mentality of its inhabitants, who have allowed him to gain insight into a world that is generally reported about through stereotypes. Perfect Peace expresses the hopes and disappointments of a region that will only ever find peace through mutual understanding.

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