War sand
By: Donald Weber ; essay by Larry Frolick
Contributors: Frolick, Larry, 1948-2017
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: Polygon
Published: 2018
Place of publication: [Netherlands?]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 371
ISBN-13: 9780995937703
Subjects: World War, 1939-1945; Campaigns; Marine photography; Microphotography; Pictorial works
Description: In this visionary collection of images, texts, and scientific data, photographer Donald Weber and his colleagues investigate the beaches of D-Day using the latest techniques of forensic analysis. What they find is something far larger than its microscopic constituents: War isn?t just a defining feature of our collective experience, but a quantum event, as well. The war-relics presented here offer an immersive narrative on the theme of social memory. The assembled D-Day artifacts include WWII spy-craft and old Hollywood movies, dioramas and drone-mounted cameras, private post-war memoirs and wistful seaside photographs. They reveal our civilization's longing for a final victory over death. 'War Sand' seeks a great truth: What is history? And what does it mean to us, its creators and survivors?00Donald Weber is a photographer whose work examines the transformations of history through narrative. He is a Guggenheim Fellow and serves on the faculty of the Royal Academy of Art in The Hague. 'War Sand' is his fourth publication.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.