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Photographer Gideon Mendel has created a powerful installation using objects he gathered during visits to the 'Jungle' refugee camp in Calais. By focusing on items such as toothbrushes, playing cards, worn-out trainers, teargas canisters and childrens dolls, Mendel conjures alternative por...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Mendel, Gideon (Photographer)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London : GOST Books, 2017.
Subjects:
Mendel, Gideon.
Found objects (Art) > France > Pictorial works.
Refugees > France > Calais.
Calais (France) > History.
Photography, Artistic.
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Summary:Photographer Gideon Mendel has created a powerful installation using objects he gathered during visits to the 'Jungle' refugee camp in Calais. By focusing on items such as toothbrushes, playing cards, worn-out trainers, teargas canisters and childrens dolls, Mendel conjures alternative portraits of the 'Jungle' residents that also stand in for the plight of displaced people everywhere.
Physical Description:79 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm.
ISBN:9781910401156
1910401153