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Product Identifiers
PublisherPeabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology, Harvard University, Publications Department
ISBN-10087365806X
ISBN-139780873658065
eBay Product ID (ePID)26038761137
Product Key Features
LanguageEnglish
TopicSocial Science, Photography, Antiques & Collectibles, Art, Collections, Catalogs, Exhibitions / General, Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Photoessays & Documentaries
AuthorKevin Bubriski
IllustratorYes
Dimensions
Item Length1 In.
Item Height0 In.
Item Width0.9 In.
Item Weight13 Oz
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LCCN2007-296701
Book TitleMichael Rockefeller : New Guinea Photographs 1961
Dewey Decimal305.89/9120747444
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
SynopsisFrom April to August 1961, recent Harvard graduate Michael Clark Rockefeller was sound recordist and still photographer on a remarkable multidisciplinary expedition to the Dani people of highland New Guinea. In five short months he produced a wonderful body of work, including over 4,000 black-and-white negatives. In this catalogue, photographer Kevin Bubriski explores Rockefeller's journey into the culture and community of the Dani and into rapport with the people whose lives he chronicled. The book reveals not only the young photographer's growing fluency in the language of the camera, but also the development of his personal way of seeing the Dani world around him. Although Rockefeller's life was cut tragically short on an expedition to the Asmat in the fall of 1961, his photographs are as vivid today as they were the moment they were made. Featuring over 75 photographs, this beautiful volume is the first publication of a substantial body of Michael Rockefeller's visual legacy. Rockefeller's extraordinary photographs reveal both the resilient spirit of the Dani people and the anthropological and aesthetic eye of a young man full of promise. In a Foreword, Robert Gardner provides a personal recollection of Michael Rockefeller's experience in the New Guinea highlands., From April to August 1961, Michael Rockefeller served as sound recordist and photographer on a multidisciplinary expedition to highland New Guinea. In five months he produced over 4,000 black and white negatives. In this catalogue of over 75 photographs, Bubriski explores Rockefeller's journey into the culture and community of the Dani people.
Publication Year2007
Dewey Edition22
ReviewsScenes of tribal life possess a certain beauty and innocence, and this volume is made all the more poignant by the fact that [Rockefeller] did not get to continue his work, for he disappeared while on his next expedition. The documents reproduced here are a fascinating first look at the considerable talent of this anthropologist with a camera.
FormatTrade Paperback
LC Classification NumberDU744.35.D32R634
Number of Pages96 pages
