Solomon's House is Danish photojournalist Henrik Saxgren's harrowing account of the dissolution of the social fabric in Nicaragua in the years following the revolution. Despite widespread poverty and tensions of warfare present during Saxgren's first visits to Nicaragua in the 1980s, basic standards of decency and family unity prevailed. Upon his return to the country in the mid 1990s, Saxgren found vast numbers of children living on the streets and trapped in a downward spiral of dependency. At the heart of this story is life in the shantytowns, where teenage girls pay rent to sixty-year-old men through prostitution. Having turned to men like Solomon, 'El Chino', and Don Pedro to find a way off the streets, the girls have discovered a dark semblance of family unity under the direst of circumstances.
Solomon's House is Danish photojournalist Henrik Saxgren's harrowing account of the dissolution of the social fabric in Nicaragua in the years following the revolution. Despite widespread poverty and tensions of warfare present during Saxgren's first visits to Nicaragua in the 1980s, basic standards of decency and family unity prevailed. Upon his return to the country in the mid 1990s, Saxgren found vast numbers of children living on the streets and trapped in a downward spiral of dependency. At the heart of this story is life in the shantytowns, where teenage girls pay rent to sixty-year-old men through prostitution. Having turned to men like Solomon, 'El Chino', and Don Pedro to find a way off the streets, the girls have discovered a dark semblance of family unity under the direst of circumstances.
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'In contemplating Henrik Saxgren's photographs you lose the limitation of your sense of self and experience that of others. It is both humbling and exalting, for this great photographer leads you through aspects of people coming to terms with life.' Nadine Gordimer, Nobel Prize-winning author of Jump
'In contemplating Henrik Saxgren's photographs you lose the limitation of your sense of self and experience that of others. It is both humbling and exalting, for this great photographer leads you through aspects of people coming to terms with life.' Nadine Gordimer, Nobel Prize-winning author of Jump
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Höhe: 279 mm
Breite: 242 mm
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978-0-89381-920-0 (9780893819200)
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Schweitzer Klassifikation
Henrik Saxgren's previous book, Point of View, was published in limited quantity by Aperture. He lives in Copenhagen and is a member of the 2Maj photographer's agency. Bianca Jagger was born in Nicaragua and has worked throughout the world with a variety of International Human Rights organizations and Congressional delegations. She has written articles for the New York Times and The Observer and is the producer and director of a documentary entitled Nicaragua in Transition.
Henrik Saxgren's previous book, Point of View, was published in limited quantity by Aperture. He lives in Copenhagen and is a member of the 2Maj photographer's agency. Bianca Jagger was born in Nicaragua and has worked throughout the world with a variety of International Human Rights organizations and Congressional delegations. She has written articles for the New York Times and The Observer and is the producer and director of a documentary entitled Nicaragua in Transition.
