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    Algeria

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    When he went to Algeria in the 1950s Dirk Alvermann was only eighteen, a rebellious West German teenager thrilled
    by the struggle for freedom by the Algerian people against French colonial rule. Together with a unit of the Algerian
    liberation army, he found a way to cross the hermetically sealed border from Tunisia into the Eastern Algerian war zone,
    determined to keep a photographic record of the events unfolding there.
    After his return to West Germany he set about planning the publication of his work in the most accessible form available.
    The book should go from hand to hand like a political manifesto. In 1950 German publishing house Rowohlt had introduced
    its pocket book series, known by the name rororo - an ideal format for the book Alvermann intended to produce.
    At first, Rowohlt agreed to publish the book but later canceled it when any partisanship with the Algerian resistance seemed
    inappropriate. The book was finally published by the East-Berlin publishing house Rütten & Loening in 1960 as a
    hardcover, contrary to Alvermann's vision for the project.
    Steidl's new edition of this important and classic book gives voice to the artist's original intentions, adopting the rororo
    format and softcover finish. The photographs are accompanied by historical documents, quotes taken from French
    military sources, and from pamphlets, newspapers and magazines.
    More than fifty years after its first publication, the book is as relevant as ever as it tells the story of a people rising up
    against oppression and despotism: against European colonialism or, like today, against homemade dictatorial regimes.
    Dirk Alvermann was born in Dusseldorf in 1937. Early in his career he became an influential political photographer
    publishing numerous books including Algerien - L'Algérie (1960) and Keine Experimente - Bilder zum Grundgesetz
    (1961). Throughout the 1960s he worked as a photographer for magazines including Neue Berliner Illustrierte, Quick,
    Das Magazin and the photographic agency Magnum. In 1966 Alvermann emigrated to East Berlin where he continued
    to live and work. Since the publication of his seminal book Ich Liebe Dich in 1979 he has focused on his work as a film
    maker and author.

    Product details

    EAN/ISBN:
    9783869302553
    Edition:
    1
    Medium:
    Paperback
    Number of pages:
    224
    Publication date:
    2012-02-01
    Publisher:
    Steidl
    Languages:
    english
    EAN/ISBN:
    9783869302553
    Edition:
    1
    Medium:
    Paperback
    Number of pages:
    224
    Publication date:
    2012-02-01
    Publisher:
    Steidl
    Languages:
    english

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