Kurdistan: In the Shadow of History Color Werner Bischof was born in

Werner Bischof was born in Switzerland

On the Sixth Day offers an intimate vision of both coexistence and brutality where the lives of animals and farmers share a practical and ritual space

vanishing cultures

and his photographs from the Beatnik movement of the 50s through to the hippie movement of the 60s immortalize the style and rhythm of the period

but eventually became compelled to bear witness to the human suffering of post-war Europe

Kurdistan: In the Shadow of History Color Werner Bischof was born inThe book traces the history of the Kurds by presenting photographs and accounts by colonial administrators, anthropologists, missionaries, journalists, and others who have traveled to Kurdistan over the last century. The books mode of organization is influenced by collage, and its environment juxtaposes different orders of historiographic evidence. Pictures, personal memoirs, government reports, letters, advertisements, maps, etc. all vie with each