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Picturing Asia : double take : the photography of Brian Brake and Steve McCurry /

Brian Brake (1927-1988, New Zealand) and Steve McCurry (1950-, U.S.A.) are two eminent photojournalists whose work concurs with the mission of Asia Society-to promote greater understanding of Asia. The catalogue title Picturing Asia references two kinds of picturing: what we do when we make a photog...

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Corporate Author: Zero, (Designer)
Other Authors: Bannon, Anthony, (Contributor), Wedde, Ian, (Editor), Brake, Brian, 1927-1988, (photograher.), McCurry, Steve, (Photographer)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Hong Kong : Asia Society Hong Kong Center, [2016]
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McCurry, Steve.
Brake, Brian, > 1927-1988.
Brake, Brian, > 1927-1988 > Photograph collections > Exhibitions.
McCurry, Steve > Photograph collections > Exhibitions.
Photography, Artistic.
Photograph collections.
Photography, Artistic > Exhibitions.
Exhibition catalogs.
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Summary:Brian Brake (1927-1988, New Zealand) and Steve McCurry (1950-, U.S.A.) are two eminent photojournalists whose work concurs with the mission of Asia Society-to promote greater understanding of Asia. The catalogue title Picturing Asia references two kinds of picturing: what we do when we make a photograph, and the imaginative act implied by the phrase picture this . This double take carries over into the experience of seeing the different takes of two great photographers who made their reputations as visual storytellers providing eyewitness accounts of great events . This catalogue invites viewers to participate in a rich visual conversation between the two photographers and their individually distinct picturings of Asia. Brake's international career as a documentary photographer was launched by his photo essays on China in Life in 1957 and 1959. McCurry's breakthrough came with the publication of a photograph in the New York Times, 1979, of the war in Afghanistan. Both men photographed the monsoon-Brake in 1960, McCurry in 1983-1985-and it is here that this exhibition begins.
Item Description:Catalolog of an exhibition held from September 10, 2016-January 7, 2017 at Asia Society Hong Kong Center in Hong Kong.
Physical Description:197 pages : color illustrations ; 31 cm
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:9789881227270
9881227275

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