Preview and Complete Catalogue Hatje Cantz Verlag Fall 2011

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Highlights Photography the human face of climate change
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“In recent years everything has changed. The animals don’t have
much fodder to eat and are more prone to illnesses, so the herds
have decreased and the animals are not as fat as before.”
Juliana Pacco Pacco, Lama Herder, Paru Paru, Peru
❙ Compelling portraits of victims of climate change
Earth’s atmosphere is steadily
warming due to greenhouse gas
emissions. While experts discuss
the possible consequences and
politicians are apparently powerless
to do anything about it, untold
numbers of people are already
struggling with the devastating
impact of a climate gone haywire.
One of the greatest floods in the
history of the region destroyed
the home and business owned by
Yang Gengbao and his wife in the
Chinese province of Guangxi. The
drying up of Lake Chad means that
Abakar Maydocou Mahamat can
no longer earn his livelihood as
a fisherman. Margaret Aliurtuq
Nickerson from western Alaska
will soon have to leave her village,
Newtok, since the ground is thawing,
causing homes and streets
to sink. In 2009, Mathias Braschler
(* 1969 near Aarau) and Monika
Fischer (* 1971 near St. Gallen) traveled
to sixteen countries around
the world, taking photographs of
and conducting interviews with
people whose ex istence is threatened
by the consequences of
climate change.
The Human Face of
Climate Change
By Mathias Braschler, Monika Fischer,
text by Jonathan Watts, graphic
design by Peter Zimmermann
C. 160 pp., c. 70 color ills.,
21 × 24 cm, hardcover
C. € 29.80, $45.00, £26.99
ISBN 978-3-7757-2806-5 (German)
ISBN 978-3-7757-2807-2 (English)
September 2011
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Exhibition schEdulE:
++ coalMinE fotoGalEriE, wintErthur,
auGust 31– octobEr 7, 2011 ++ and
furthEr VEnuEs