After The Ruins, 1906 And 2006: Rephotographing The San Francisco Earthquake And Fire,Used
After The Ruins, 1906 And 2006: Rephotographing The San Francisco Earthquake And Fire,Used

After The Ruins, 1906 And 2006: Rephotographing The San Francisco Earthquake And Fire,Used

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How Exactly Has San Franciscos Urban Landscape Changed In The Hundred Years Since The Earthquake And Cataclysmic Firestorms That Destroyed Threequarters Of The City In 1906? For This Provocative Rephotography Project, Bringing Past And Present Into Dynamic Juxtaposition, Renowned Photographer Mark Klett Has Gone To The Same Locations Pictured In Fortyfive Compelling Historic Photographs Taken In The Days Following The 1906 Earthquake And Fires And Precisely Duplicated Each Photographs Vantage Point. The Result Is An Elegant And Powerful Comparison That Challenges Our Preconceptions About Time, History, And Culture. I Think The Pictures Ask Us To Become Aware Of The Extraordinary Qualities Of Our Own Distinct Moment In Time. But It Is A Realization That A Particular Future Is Not Guaranteed By The Flow Of Time In Any Given Direction. So Says Mark Klett Discussing This Multilayered Project In An Illuminating Interview Included In This Lavishly Produced Volume, Which Accompanies An Exhibition At The Fine Arts Museums Of San Francisco.After The Ruins, 1906 And 2006 Features A Vivid Essay By Noted Environmental Historian Philip Fradkin On The Events Surrounding And Following The 1906 Earthquake, Which He Describes As The Equivalent Of An Intensive, Threeday Bombing Raid, Complete With Many Tons Of Dynamite That Acted As Incendiary Devices. A Lyrical Essay By Acclaimed Writer Rebecca Solnit Considers The Meaning Of Ruins, Resurrection, And The Evolving Geography And History Of San Francisco.Copub: Fine Arts Museums Of San Francisco

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