Frontlines / by Sean Smith

Smith, Sean

ISBN 10: 0852652429 / ISBN 13: 9780852652428

Published by London : Guardian, 2011

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Near fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. SIGNED. Physical description; 271 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. Subjects; War photography. Photographic reportage ; Warfare & defence. 1 Kg. Seller Inventory # 271223

Bibliographic Details

Title: Frontlines / by Sean Smith

Publisher: London : Guardian

Publication Date: 2011

Binding: Hardcover

Signed: Signed by Author(s)

Edition: First Edition.

About this title

Synopsis:

Acclaimed war photographer Sean Smith has covered all the major conflicts of the past few years, from the Middle East to the Congo. Frontlines brings together some of his finest work, and offers both a chronicle of major flashpoints and a unique insight into modern warfare and its aftermath.

Starting with the violence that erupted on the streets of Bethlehem in 2000, when Palestinian youths clashed with Israeli soldiers, Smith moves on to provide fascinating and poignant glimpses of life in Afghanistan before the US-led campaign and then the grim realities of the military onslaught and Taliban insurgency that followed. He bears witness to the devastation wrought in Lebanon by the Israeli bombardment of 2006, and the scenes of chaos in the Congo as the government clashed with Tutsi rebels.

But it is to Iraq, the most politically divisive conflict of modern times, that Smith returns again and again. He shows us a society striving to hold itself together in the months leading up to the invasion of 2003. He follows the progress of troops battling against opposition and sectarian attack. And he records the Shia uprisings of 2007 and the US military surge that sought to contain them.

This is an extraordinary record of over a decade of conflict, and a worthy contribution to the great tradition of war photography.

About the Author:

Sean Smith has become internationally recognised for his unstinting images of conflict and war. Over the past two decades he has chronicled some of the world's most intractable and controversial conflicts including Israel, Bosnia, Chechnya, the Congo, Afghanistan and Iraq. In addition to stills photography, Smith now shoots video on most of his assignments and received the Royal Television Society award for Best International News (Iraq) in 2008.