April 12, 2007

Images from the Past-Nicaragua


Over the past month I have been immersed in a project on the Sandinista revolution in Nicaragua and I thought it was time to share something special from my work. This something special is a book. It isn't a written history, it isn't political tracts, its a book of photos. The book is simply entitled Nicaragua and the pictures were taken by Susan Meiselas between mid 1978 and mid 1979. This book holds so many different feelings, from images of thousands marching in a funeral of a slain youth leader to the Nicaraguan leadership dressed all in white. I recommend it to anyone who needs stirring. There is also a movie that was made 10 years later when Meiselas went back to Nicaragua to try to find some of the people in her book. This is also greatly recommended.
(Image borrowed from Movie's website, though it is one of the images in book)
Susan's website

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