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The Bang-Bang Club, movie tie-in

Snapshots From a Hidden War

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By Greg Marinovich

By Joao Silva

Foreword by Archbishop Desmond Tutu

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$16.99

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$19.95 CAD

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  1. Trade Paperback (Media Tie-In) $16.99 $19.95 CAD
  2. ebook (Media Tie-In) $11.99 $15.99 CAD

The Bang-Bang Club is the story of four young photographers who covered the last years of apartheid, taking many of the most memorable photographs of the period. In this stunning new book, the group’s two surviving members recount their political, emotional, and personal journeys through these violent years as South Africa moved toward democracy. Along the way we accompany them on free-lance assignments to other war-torn regions, including the former Yugoslavia and the Sudan, where one member of the group shoots what has become a world-famous photograph of a starving child stalked by a vulture. The boldness that earned the group its nickname, that prompted them to rush headlong into dangerous situations in pursuit of an image, forces them to consider difficult questions that lie at the heart of their work: When does their sense of humanity overwhelm their ambition and professional duties? When do they put aside their cameras and their impartiality and get involved? These are the moral dilemmas that the Bang-Bang Club grappled with on a daily basis.

On Sale
Mar 1, 2011
Page Count
296 pages
Publisher
Basic Books
ISBN-13
9780465019786

Greg Marinovich

About the Author

Greg Marinovich is a documentary filmmaker, photographer, and writer who has won numerous awards, including the Pulitzer Prize. A native of South Africa, he lives in Johannesburg.

Joao Silva is a free-lance photographer whose honors include South African Press Photographer of the Year for 1992. Born in Lisbon, Portugal, he now lives in Johannesburg.

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