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Strangely Familiar | 
 enlarge | Creators: Leah Ollman, Michal Chelbin
Publisher: Aperture
Category: Book
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Sales Rank: 286727
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 112
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.1
Dimensions (in): 11.2 x 9.8 x 0.3
ISBN: 1597110566
Dewey Decimal Number: 779.2092
EAN: 9781597110563
ASIN: 1597110566
Publication Date: April 1, 2008
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Product Description
In her sympathetic pictures of contortionists, dwarves, ballroom dancers and wrestlers from small towns in Israel, Ukraine, Eastern Europe and England, Michal Chelbin offers a glimpse into worlds both strange and familiar. Her subjects--usually individuals on society's margins--tend to be portrayed offstage, at home or on the street or in a park, and in a disarmingly direct engagement with the viewer: "My aim is to record a scene where there is a mixture of direct information and enigmas and in which there are visual contrasts between young and old, large and small, normal and abnormal," she writes. This sense of candid confrontation between subject and camera is particularly disarming when those subjects are prepubescent girls, whose bodies, as Chelbin puts it, "might be still that of a child, [but] their gazes sometimes imply differently." Chelbin's palette is intensely saturated with distinctive pinks, blues and greens, evoking a painterly atmosphere, even occasionally making explicit reference to art history. Though her influences are evident--most notably August Sander and Diane Arbus--the compelling photographs gathered in this first monograph have a unique visual and emotional impact.
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Highly recommended, especially for modern photography libraries October 12, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
STRANGELY FAMILIAR: ACROBATS, ATHLETES AND OTHER TRAVELING TROUPES provides full-page black and white and color photos of troupe members both in group and individually, making for a strong portrait photo pick for both photo libraries and those containing books on social and cultural issues. Chelbin's various approaches to photography are highlighted in an outstanding survey highly recommended, especially for modern photography libraries.
Diane C. Donovan
California Bookwatch
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