Gerhard Kiesling - Albanien - 1959

Al igual que Albánie Zeme Orlu de Viktora Radnického (véase mi otra subasta/listado), este destacado libro-fotografía propagandístico es una representación fascinante de Albania comunista en la década de 1950, poco antes de convertirse en uno de los países más aislados del mundo bajo el liderazgo de Enver Hoxha. "Gerhard Kiesling's second photobook (after China, 1957) was devoted to Albania and appeared in 1959. At that time relations with the Balkan state were still good - a situation that changed in 1961 when Enver Hoxha turned away from the USSR towards China. Kieslings's photographic essay is friendly and optimistic; industrialisation plays an important role, as the writer of the forward emphasised: "Once the most backward country in Europe, Albania has, in fifteen years of people's rule under the leadership of the Party of Labour, become an agrarian-industrial state advancing in giant strides. Party and government have given the people great plans; high golas have been set: in fifteen years... all Albania will be a flourishing garden." Wiegand, p 42"