The impulse to preserve
Subtitle: reflections of a filmmaker
By: by Robert Gardner ; foreword by Charles Simic.
Publisher: Other Press; Other Press, LLC
Published: 2006
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 372
Subjects: Motion pictures in ethnology; Indigenous peoples in motion pictures
Description: "Despite Primo Levi's dire warning about the "inadequacy of documentary evidence," Robert Gardner's work shows that capturing the light reflected from actuality has its revelatory moments. Including nearly 500 photographs, The Impulse to Preserve contains the thoughts and images of a lifetime spent probing human experience in the world's most remote corners. In each undertaking, an issue or condition common to humanity is intently observed. In Neolithic West Papua in 1961, it is ritual warfare and revenge; in Nigeria 1965, ritual pain; in Ethiopia in the late sixties, male supremacy; in Niger 1978, envy; and in Benares, India 1985 mortality and its expression in worship."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.