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THE ETERNAL LIGHT OF EGYPT “Sanders’ images are neither descriptive nor picturesque—they are intellectually demanding and uncompromising witnesses of a ‘here-and-now’ experience of ancient Egypt.” —Dorothea Arnold
For centuries, visitors have been awed by ancient
Egypt’s monuments, seeing in them testimony both to a mysterious past and
to forces greater and more subtle than the corporeal world they inhabit. This book speaks to that testimony with a fresh, exploratory
voice, using stunning photographs complemented by quotations from a range
of textual sources. A brooding face carved in stone; monuments of
unsparing majesty; clouds spread out against an immutable sky; delicate
patterns of palm fronds caught in a shimmering half-light—Sarite Sanders’
haunting photographs bring the enigmatic narrative of Egypt’s ancient
monuments into sharp relief, forcing us to see pyramids, statues, and the
architectural sweep of temples as if for the first time.
Photographed using infrared film, the images are often dark and
edgy, hinting at an underlying restlessness and the transience of all
those who stand in the monuments’ shadows.
Sarite Sanders is a photographer who has traveled to Egypt
over three decades in the company of writers, scholars, artists,
and Egyptologists.
ALSO OF INTEREST: ISBN 978-0-500-54362-7· 9" x 11 1/2" · 126 duotone illustrations · 248 pages · PHOTOGRAPHY / ANCIENT EGYPT |
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