BISSCHOPS, LUIS M. (PHOTOGRAPHER AND TEXT),
Indonesien: Das verlorene Paradies. [Erste Auflage; First edition].
Köln, Fackelträgerverlag, 2005. Oblong folio. Original coloured and illustrated boards, dustjacket. 240pp. of german language text and numerous captioned coloured illustrations and plates after original photographs taken from the private collection of Louis M. Bisschops, scientitic support by Johanna van Reenen and Maya Sutedja-Liem, register of place-names and subjects, list of literature consulted, double-page coloured map of Indonesia with detailed legenda indicating places visited. illustrated table of contents. This german language and lavishly illustrated Photo-record goes far beyond the photo-records commonly published: this record illustrates in great detail daily life (labour, means of subsistence), rituals and cveremonies, local festivals of ordinary and poor Indonesians found across the Indonesian Archipelago, NO glamorous photographs hiding the bare truth of ordinary indonesian population groups: their lives and loves, means of subsistence, incl. a record of a whale hunt near Leti Island Eastern Indonesia, the inner-Baduj of Java, the Pasola of Sumba, but also richness of common fruit and food, the beauty of nature and animals (or what's left of it). A colourful and stunning record photographed by Luis M. Bisschops on his numerous travels through Indonesia. A selection from his vast private collection. Very fine copy.
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Keywords: photography photographs record indonesia population groups record people indonesia southeastasia