Portland Public Library

European portrait photography since 1990, edited by Frits Gierstberg

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non fiction

European portrait photography since 1990

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edited by Frits Gierstberg

The 1990s saw a resurgence of the portrait genre of photography, especially in Europe, where the collapse of communism and the solidification of the European Union raised enormously important questions about national identity and shared historical and cultural values. This volume delves into this important development, featuring full-page reproductions of work by Rineke Dijkstra, Jurgen Teller, Thomas Ruff, Nikos Markou, Anders Petersen, Clare Strand, and others from dozens of countries around the continent. Taken as a whole, these portraits comprise a new genre - one that represented a break from postmodernist strategies and which allowed for experimentation and the exchange of ideas

European portraits : an introduction / Frits Gierstberg -- Catalogue -- Round table discussion : Photography and the renaissance of the portrait / Paul Dujardin -- The face of Europe : regarding European identities / Alicja Gescinska