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Andrew David Lytle produced thousands of photographic images in
the sixty years during which he lived in Baton Rouge and operated
Lytle Studio. His heirs, alas, reportedly shattered his glass-plate
negatives by dropping them down a dry well soon after his death,
not realizing their value. Andrew D. Lytle's Baton Rouge preserves
some of the only images that remain, a vintage treasure for
contemporary viewers.
These 120 photographs give entr?e into life in Louisiana's
capital city from the 1860s through the early 1900s. They compose
the largest extant collection of photos created in a professional
studio in nineteenth-century Baton Rouge. Together they capture the
day-to-day existence of the community, fleeting moments of great
importance, and long-term changes over time, revealing not only the
perceptions of the photographer but also the self-perceptions of
his subjects.
In a superb introductory overview of the collection, Mark E.
Martin recounts Lytle's life and career within the context of Baton
Rouge history and culture, noting advances in camera and printing
technologies. Martin then discusses the photographs thematically,
beginning with Baton Rouge's occupation by Federal forces during
the Civil War. Thousands of northern soldiers and sailors came
through the city during that time, and Lytle, a native of Ohio,
photographed them in his studio, on the riverfront, in camps, on
boats and ships, and from a bird's-eye view atop buildings. This
work brought Lytle fame fifty years later when select images were
published in The Photographic History of the Civil War along with
the claim that Lytle had been a secret agent, a "camera spy," for
the Confederacy. Martin exposes the impossibility of this popular
belief, which nonetheless persisted well into the twentieth
century.
Over the years Lytle Studio, which Andrew's son Howard
eventually joined, produced commercial images of the Louisiana
State Penitentiary, the forestry industry, railways and waterways,
LSU sports teams, outdoor landscapes, and individuals. Andrew Lytle
was more than a studio photographer, though. A husband, father, and
grandfather, he took an active role in the community as an
entrepreneur; volunteer firefighter, 'member of religious, social,
and fraternal organizations; and participant in local theatrical
productions and other entertainments. His photography provides in
many cases the only visual record of the life and times of Baton
Rouge and its people in that period.
Much of what is depicted in Andrew D. Lytle's Baton Rouge
remains central to the city's vitality today: politics, family,
home, commerce and industry, social events, parades, LSU sports,
and the riverfront (now with levees). Readers will find here a
priceless glimpse at a bygone world, yet one still
recognizable.
Join Sunday Times bestselling author, award-winning explorer and
photographer Levison Wood on his extraordinary journeys around the
world - vividly revealed in his first photography book. 'A
compelling visual record of a career spent at the extremes.' Sunday
Telegraph 'Levison Wood's new book is all the travelling you need
to do this year... Bringing together 140 of his most striking
photos, selected from over a decade on the road, it offers a
stunning portrait of the vastly different places, people and lives
the world contains - and which most of us will never see.'
Gentleman's Journal From images documenting his time in war zones
to encounters with communities who have returned to traditional
ways of life in the face of ecological disasters, Wood's
photographs offer a unique insight into the resilience and
resourcefulness of those living in some of the least accessible
places on the planet. Chapters include Frontiers, Wood's intrepid
ventures to remote environments; Conflict, covering not only the
front-line battles but also the long-term devastation of war;
Heritage, documenting his observations on ancient practices
co-existing with modern technology; and Community, his record of
the universal importance of family roots, cultural identities and
community ties. With his unique experiences in extraordinary
locations and his eye for compelling compositions, Wood has created
a powerful collection of images that celebrates humanity in all its
variety.
Arriving in Iraq on the eve of the U.S. invasion, unaffiliated with
any newspaper and hoping to pick up assignments along the way,
Ashley Gilbertson was one of the first photojournalists to cover
the disintegration of America's military triumph as looting and
score-settling convulsed Iraqi cities. Just twenty-five years old
at the time, Gilbertson soon landed a contract with the "New York
Times", and his extraordinary images of life in occupied Iraq and
of American troops in action began appearing in the paper
regularly. Throughout his work, Gilbertson took great risks to
document the risks taken by others, whether dodging sniper fire
with American infantry, photographing an Iraqi bomb squad as they
defused IEDs, or following marines into the cauldron of urban
combat. "Whiskey Tango Foxtrot" gathers the best of Gilbertson's
photographs, chronicling America's early battles in Iraq, the
initial occupation of Baghdad, the insurgency that erupted shortly
afterward, the dramatic battle to overtake Falluja, and the
country's first national elections. No Western photojournalist has
done as much sustianed work in occupied Iraq as Gilbertson, and
this wide-ranging treatment of the war from the viewpoint of a
photographer is the first of its kind. Accompanying each section of
the book is a personal account of Gilbertson's experiences covering
the conflict. Throughout, he conveys the exhilaration and terror of
photographing war, as well as the challenges of photojournalism in
our age of embedded reporting. But ultimately, and just as
importantly, "Whiskey Tango Foxtrot" tells the story of
Gilbertson's own journey from hard-drinking bravado to the grave
realism of a scarred survivor. Here he struggles with guilt over
the death of a marine escort, tells candidly of his own experience
with post-traumatic stress disorder, and grapples with the reality
that Iraq - despite the sacrifice in Iraqi and American lives - has
descended into a civil war with no end in sight. A searing account
of the American experience in Iraq, "Whiskey Tango Foxtrot" is sure
to become one of the classic war photography books of our time.
Young people around the world have been following the example of
Greta Thunberg and demonstrating for climate protection as part of
'Fridays for Future'. Week after week since 2018, they have called
emphatically for political ramifications in order to finally stop
the dangerous effects of global climate change. The photographer
Andrea Baumgartl (*1965) has accompanied these demonstrations from
the very beginning. At close proximity and with great empathy, she
shows the determination with which young people are fighting
self-confidently for their future. Her new book is a highly
topical, moving, and rousing contemporary document. Text in English
and German.
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