Author: HEBEISEN, Peter
Title: Peter Hebeisen - 20th Century European Battlefields.
Description: Ostfildern, Hatje Cantz, 2014. 32.5 x 28.5 cm. 142 pp. Hardcover. Illustrated in colour throughout. - Text in English and German - For his series on the European battlefields of the20th century, Swiss photographer Peter Hebeisen (b. 1956) took a different approach. Large-format tableaus in the tradition of Romantic painting show Verdun, Stalingrad, and Sarajevo from the per­spective of the general sitting high on his horse and overlooking the scene from a strategic military van­tage point. To convey this view, the camera was sym­bolically placed in an elevated position three meters above the ground. Military leaders' brutal actions had traumatic consequences that were felt for generations. Working with a military historian, Hebeisen traveled some forty thousand kilometers to visit the battle­fields of Europe that had claimed the most lives, from the French Atlantic coast to distant Russia. - Fine copy.

Keywords: 9783775738361


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