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Notes: 10.25 x 8.25 x .6 inches +/-
Signed:
Bill Schultz
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portraits by PHIL BORGES
for AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL
introduction by ISABEL ALLENDE
This latest collection of photographs by Phil Borges of indigenous and tribal people around the world is a moving testament to the strength and inherent dignity of the human spirit. Beautifully reproduced here are 80 hand-toned portraits of individuals who are striving to uphold their cultural diversity and traditions in countries where basic human rights are threatened from Ethiopia and Kenya to Tibet, and from Mexico to Indonesia. This book is published in association with Amnesty International to mark the 50th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, a document adopted by the United Nations in 1948 which outlines fundamental rights for all people.
with His photographs and accompanying captions, Borges not merely identifies his subjects but bridges their world and ours, offering a compelling yet unsentimental portrait of their homelands, their dreams, and the close family and community relationships that sustain them. In her introduction, Isabel Allende reflects on the importance of mutual respect for individuals different from ourselves people who, like those captured by Borges's lens, "possess profound spiritual resources, natural wisdom, and knowledge ,,.of their physical surroundings that we have lost."
this volume includes an afterword by the photographer, a summary text of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and a moving statement by the executive director of Amnesty International USA.
phil BORGES is an award-winning Seattle-based photographer whose documentary projects focus on different cultures and subcultures around the world. He has been chapter president of the American Society of Media Photographers (ASMP), and in 1997 he received Photomedia's "Person of the Year" award. His highly successful previous book, Tibetan Portrait: The Power of Compassion (Rizzoli), was awarded first place at the 1996 Banff Book Festival.
isabel allende, a distinguished author, was born and raised in Chile. She has written five best-selling novels, including The House of the Spirits and Aphrodite: A Memoir of the Senses, as well as short stories and plays. Her books have been translated into more than 27 languages and adapted for film, theater, opera, and ballet.
amnesty international is a worldwide human rights organization with members in more than 150 countries and territories. Independent of all governments and ideologies, Amnesty International was awarded the 1977 Nobel Peace Prize for its efforts to promote global observance of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
also published fay RIZZOLI, NEW YORK:
Tibetan Portrait: The Power of Compassion
photographs by PHIL BORGES text by HIS HOLINESS THE DALAI LAMA prologue by JEFFREY HOPKINS epilogue by ELIE WIESEL
The Buddha's Art of Healing Tibetan Paintings Rediscovered
foreword by HIS HOLINESS THE DALAI LAMA essays by JOHN AVEDON, TAMDIN S. BRADLEY, FERNAND MEYER, N.D. BOLSOKHOEVA, AND K.M. GERASIMOVA
Rizzoli International Publications 300 Park Avenue South New York, NY 10010
Jacket design by Pentagram Distributed by St. Martin's Press
Printed in Italy
I use to care about genocide and its final and UN-revokable demise. Now I just don’t want to be around when we finally commit one that makes God blow a fuse!
At the end of the 20th century the first genocide’s (Armenian) was reduced from 6 million to 600,000 and still dropping and the last genocide which began at 6 million (Rwanda) is now down to around 4 million, But that’s okay cause we are in the next one already in dafur, or at least the public is made to believe that!, nothing changes. Its fun and games till God pulls the plug on our empire.
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