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The Photographer (2003)

by Emmanuel Guibert(Favorite Author)
4.19 of 5 Votes: 5
ISBN
1596433752 (ISBN13: 9781596433755)
languge
English
publisher
First Second
review 1: De vez en cuando hay libros, cómics, como este, que te emocionan, te encogen el corazón, te hacen dejar de leer durante un momento para coger fuerzas.El cómic es la crónica del viaje del fotógrafo Didier Lefèvre a Afganitstán en los años 80 acompañando a un equipo de Médicos Sin Fronteras. Un viaje que en aquel entonces, en plena guerra civil contra el gobierno sostenido por la URSS, significaba cruzar la frontera a escondidas y tener que hacer tramos durante la noche para evitar los bombardeos mientras se cruzaban las montañas. Todo para llegar a una aldea de las montañas donde mantener un hospital sin apenas medios y dedicado a atender a una población en guerra. Es una ventana a una época y un lugar, a lo bueno y lo malo de un pueblo totalmente opuesto a nu... moreestra experiencia cotidiana. Leyéndolo uno no puede menos que admirarse del valor y la entrega de los voluntarios de MSF. La primera vez que ojeé un ejemplar de El Fotógrafo no me gustó lo que vi. Sus páginas estaban llenas de fotografías en blanco y negro que me daba la impresión de que debían ralentizar el ritmo del cómic. Sin embargo al leerlo uno se da cuenta de que en realidad es el cómic el que sirve de relleno a las fotografías, que estas son las verdaderas protagonistas, y que las viñetas son el nexo de unión entre ellas para construir la historia.
review 2: The Photographer pairs the work of French photographer Didier Lefèvre with the art of Emmanuel Guibert to create a haunting, suspenseful, and memorable story about a 1986 Doctors Without Borders mission into the most isolated and war-torn areas of Afghanistan. The narrative will keep you turning the pages (but be careful, the book is over-sized and a bit heavy! :-) and it's perfectly woven throughout the images - seamlessly providing a story in both words and images. The use of multiple media in the telling of the story results in the reader quickly becoming emotionally connected to the doctors, guides, community warlords and leaders, and the patients - many of whom have suffered horrific injuries. The journey the mission takes from Pakistan is beyond arduous, beyond dangerous, and beyond beautiful. What I found most revealing about The Photographer was how dangerous Western hubris can be in a climate and culture as remote and different as this one. Lefèvre, a savvy, open-minded hiker in better than average shape, is the weak link in his group - not just physically but in his ignorance of how unlike France, and even Pakistan, Afghanistan will be. To his credit, he's a quick study who tries to adapt (and the people he meets love having their photos taken, so that helps to bridge barriers!) but his failure to adapt his Western style thought and behavior patterns to the realities of the landscape, political climate, and social norms nearly results in his demise. If anything, this is the most valuable lesson any of us can take away from his story and his work. less
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Maahirah
Great until the sencond book. Third book was little boring but over all I enjoyed this book.
Lindsay
The Author sucks at hiking.
nita
Eh bien. Sacré voyage.
Jontsmith
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