Azerbaijan
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climate change
droughts in South Africa
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Flooding in Bangladesh
Ganges
oil in Baku
Water in religious rituals
Product details
- ISBN 9781910401927
- Dimensions: 215 x 307mm
- Publication Date: 12 Jun 2023
- Publisher: GOST Books
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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The photographs in the book illustrate the dichotomy of our relationship with water—the role it
has in ancient religious rituals and in building communities, to its exploitation and the devastating
result of too little or too much water. They depict Hindus bathing in the Ganges, shellfish-gatherers
in coastal Spain; polluted sea surrounding oil infrastructure in Baku, Azerbaijan; fishermen in
Greenland navigating melting ice in the ocean; landscapes transformed to dustbowls by drought
in South Africa and to villages made into islands by flooding in Bangladesh. It is was not Berry’s
intention to make a political book, nor an authoritative catalogue of mans’ interactions with water,
but instead to share the most memorable stories from his assignments that illustrate how water
shapes our lives and what the future may hold.
Berry was born in Lancashire, England. He made his reputation in South Africa, where he worked
for the Daily Mail and later for Drum magazine. He was the only photographer to document the
massacre at Sharpeville in 1960, and his photographs were used in the trial to prove the victims’
innocence. In 1964, he was the first contract photographer for the Observer Magazine. He has
documented Russia’s invasion of Czechoslovakia; conflicts in Israel, Ireland, Vietnam and the
Congo; famine in Ethiopia; apartheid in South Africa.
