{"product_id":"the-history-war-9781910401330","title":"The History War","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe History War \u003c\/i\u003eis a book of photographs, collages and\u003cbr\u003eephemera beginning with a timeline that starts in the 5th\u003cbr\u003ecentury.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt's six chapters document the Maidan uprising, the\u003cbr\u003eChernobyl wasteland where Soviets began to lose faith in\u003cbr\u003ethe system, the eastern Donbass of neglected coal miners\u003cbr\u003eand de-occupied ruins, an embed with the Ukrainian Army, \u003cbr\u003ethe separatists, and finally the Russian invasion of Ukraine\u003cbr\u003eincluding crimes against humanity in Bucha.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis project is an important testament to a political\u003cbr\u003ecrisis that will shape international relations and reverberate\u003cbr\u003ethrough the decades to come. It also challenges a world\u003cbr\u003eoversaturated with news pictures.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe son of a car repairman, Towell grew up in a large family in rural Ontario, Canada. During studies in visual arts at Toronto's York University, he was given a camera and taught how to process black and white film. A stint of volunteer work in Calcutta in 1976 provoked Towell to photograph and write. In 1984, he became a freelance photographer and writer focusing on the dispossessed, exile and peasant rebellion. He completed projects on the Nicaraguan Contra war, on the relatives of the disappeared in Guatemala, and on American Vietnam War veterans who had returned to Vietnam to rebuild the country. His first published magazine essay, Paradise Lost, exposed the ecological consequences of the catastrophic Exxon Valdez oil spill in Alaska's Prince William Sound. He became a Magnum nominee in 1988 and a full member in 1993. In 1996, Towell completed a project based on ten years of reportage in El Salvador, followed the next year by a major book, Then Palestine. His fascination with landlessness also led him to the Mennonite migrant workers of Mexico, an eleven-year project completed in 2000.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Gost Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50901285110034,"sku":"9781910401330","price":61.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_4487ebcc-d52f-4712-adcb-868241ed8753.jpg?v=1738420260","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-history-war-9781910401330","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}