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AMERICAS SOCIETY
Paula Trope: Emancipatory Action
Edited by Gabriela Rangel. Text by Paulo Herkenhoff, Doris Sommer, Nicolau Sevcenko.
Acting as mediator and collaborator, Paula Trope recruited a number of children living in the shantytowns of Rio de Janeiro to make photographs using pinhole cameras she had constructed for them. Emancipatory Action presents the multi-panel photographs and videos that resulted. An extended interview with various participants debates the many issues attending this experiment.
FORMAT: Pbk, 9 x 7 in. / 100 pgs / 60 color. LIST PRICE: U.S. $20.00 LIST PRICE: CANADA $27.95 GBP £17.50 ISBN: 9781879128330 PUBLISHER: Americas Society AVAILABLE: 2/28/2011 DISTRIBUTION: D.A.P. RETAILER DISC: TRADE PUBLISHING STATUS: Out of stock indefinitely AVAILABILITY: Not available TERRITORY: WORLD
Published by Americas Society. Edited by Gabriela Rangel. Text by Paulo Herkenhoff, Doris Sommer, Nicolau Sevcenko.
Acting as mediator and collaborator, Paula Trope recruited a number of children living in the shantytowns of Rio de Janeiro to make photographs using pinhole cameras she had constructed for them. Emancipatory Action presents the multi-panel photographs and videos that resulted. An extended interview with various participants debates the many issues attending this experiment.