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Colombia - On the Brink of Paradise (Hardcover)
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Colombia - On the Brink of Paradise (Hardcover)
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Colombia is a land of natural beauty and rich cultural heritage, of
rain forests and rivers, of peaceful rural farms and ranches where
farmers and gauchos gather for work and leisure. But behind these
images of bucolic serenity, the people of Colombia live through
considerable hardships. Poverty is prevalent in many isolated parts
of the country where state authority is largely absent, and seventy
years of armed conflict between the Colombian army, right-wing
paramilitary forces, and left-wing guerrilla groups, such as the
FARC and the ELN, continue to leave lasting scars. The country's
central role in the cocaine trade both provides for and threatens
the livelihood of many Colombians. The culmination of almost twenty
years spent travelling throughout and photographing Colombia,
Colombia: On the Brink of Paradise features more than one hundred
incredible photographs by Luca Zanetti. What the images
collectively portray is a place that teeters between paradise and
the abyss, a wildly colourful and chaotic backdrop to the stories
of everyday people's lives. Arranged thematically in several
sections, the book also includes an essay on the historic,
political, and social context of the conflict by Colombian
sociologist Alfredo Molano, who followed closely the peace
negotiations of 2012–16 between the Colombian government and the
FARC and who is a member of the truth commission established as
part of the peace agreement signed between the rebels and the
government; brief introductory texts by Medellín journalist
Anamaria Bedoya Builes; and a postscript by Luca Zanetti.
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