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Born into Brothels: Photographs by the Children of Calcutta | 
 enlarge | Author: Zana Briski
Publisher: Umbrage Editions
Category: Book
List Price: $35.00
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Avg. Customer Rating:  6 reviews
Sales Rank: 167450
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 104
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.4
Dimensions (in): 9.5 x 9.3 x 0.6
ISBN: 1884167454
Dewey Decimal Number: 305.230869420954147022
EAN: 9781884167454
ASIN: 1884167454
Publication Date: July 1, 2005
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Condition: EXCELLENT 11223
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Product Description
A powerful story that unfolds in the red-light district of Calcutta: a photographer that becomes a teacher and the extraordinary children she meets who learn to dream with cameras in their hands. Accompanies an Academy Award-winning documentary.
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 Through A Child's Eyes...Powerful PIctures September 22, 2007
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Born into Brothels shows what can happen when children in desperate circumstances are given the opportunity to talk about their lives by making pictures. The pictures that the young people make provide evidence that a camera in the hands of a child can be an empowering device that provide the voice that they might otherwise not have. A powerful testament to the power of photographs and the power of pictures.
 Born into Brothels: Photographs by the Children or Calcutta March 28, 2007
1 out of 6 found this review helpful
I bought this because I wanted to preserve my impressions after viewing the DVD. The DVD was exceptional as is the story of these children and how quick they were to pick up a camera and be able to do something with it. I'm still working on that. This is a nice companion to the DVD but if I had it to do over again I would probably pass.
Compelling March 22, 2006
5 out of 6 found this review helpful
After watching the DVD and looking at this book, it has compelled me to take action... It's incredibly moving and very powerful!
A documentary of extraordinary children born into the most wretched of circumstances December 10, 2005
11 out of 11 found this review helpful
Zana Briski came up with a unique idea. Give the children in Calcutta's red-light district their own cameras and let them take pictures of their lives. The result was a documentary of extraordinary children born into the most wretched of circumstances where the girls were destined to enter their mother's trade of prostitution and the boys would join related criminal enterprises. The award-winning film documentary has now produced a unique and extraordinary coffee-table book of photography showcasing Zana Briski's own work in collaboration with these children's photography over a period of seven years. This is also the story of how Briski began holding photography workshops to instruct these children in the basics of photography from lighting and composition to editing and narrative sequencing. Some of these children became so skilled and adept that their developed and developing photography skills could eventually be the source of their emancipation from the lowest rung of Calcutta social and cultural ladder. Highly recommended reading, "Born Into Brothels" would make a stellar addition to academic and community library Photography collections, Indian Studies reference shelves, and Women's Studies supplemental reading lists.
Rich in Color and Atmosphere Despite the Tragedy of the Theme August 21, 2005
19 out of 20 found this review helpful
BORN INTO BROTHELS is a welcome addition to the books on color photography. Granted these shots are extracted from the award winning film, a feature documentary exploring the sad and at times sordid lives of these eight children born to prostitutes in the red light district of Calcutta, India. But what photographer Zana Briski has captured in richly brilliant colors is not focused on tragedy or the smarmy aspect of the places in which these children live. Instead she has found the beauty in the innocence of these children, living in a closed world without much hope of escape - except through the gracious ingenuity of Briski who held classes, teaching these children how to use the camera, offering a transient glimpse of a world they might never know.
The children are extraordinarily photogenic, but the dazzling colors of the cloths, jewels, streets, glitter and scents from the spices are palpable. This book stands alone on its merits of color photography: the fact that it holds the message it does makes it incredibly touching and unique. Highly recommended. Grady Harp, August 05
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