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They did not stop at Eboli
UNESCO and the Campaign against Illiteracy in a Reportage by David "Chim" Seymour and Carlo Levi (1950)

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The analysis of UNESCO's audio-visual archives for their digitization has brought to light a forgotten album of 38 contact sheets and accompanying texts by Magnum photographer, David "Chim" Seymour - a reportage made in 1950 for UNESCO on the fi ght against illiteracy in Italy's southern region of Calabria. A number of his photographs appeared in the March 1952 issue of UNESCO Courier in an article written by Carlo Levi, who had gained worldwide fame with his novel Christ Stopped at Eboli (1945).
L'analyse des archives audio-visuelles de l'UNESCO en vue de leur numérisation a permis de découvrir un album oublié comprenant 38 planches-contact et des textes d'accompagnement du photographe de Magnum David « Chim » Seymour - un reportage réalisé en 1950 pour l'UNESCO sur la bataille contre l'analphabétisme en Calabre, une région du sud de l'Italie. Un certain nombre de ses photographies ont été publiées dans le numéro de mars 1952 du Courrier de l'UNESCO avec un article de Carlo Levi, dont le roman Le Christ s'est arrêté à Eboli (1945) lui avait valu une renommée internationale

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Karin Priem, University of Luxembourg

Giovanna Hendel, UNESCO Archives

Carole Naggar, Independent researcher


Product details

Assisted by Karin Priem (Editor), Giovanna Hendel (Editor), Carole Naggar (Editor), UNESCO (Editor)
Publisher De Gruyter
 
Content Book
Product form Hardback
Publication date 01.01.2020
Subject Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries
 
EAN 9783110651638
ISBN 978-3-11-065163-8
Pages 296
Illustrations 60 b/w ill.
Dimensions (packing) 17 x 2.4 x 24.3 cm
Weight (packing) 870 g
 
Series Appearances - Studies in Visual Research > 1
 

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