{"product_id":"gilles-peress-gilles-peress-9783958295445","title":"Gilles Peress: Whatever You Say, Say Nothing","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA long-awaited, multivolume \"documentary fiction\" of photographs and documents portraying the Northern Ireland conflict\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 2021 holiday gift guide pick\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn 1972, at the age of 26, Gilles Peress (born 1946) photographed the British Army's massacre of Irish civilians on Bloody Sunday. In the 1980s he returned to the North of Ireland, intent on testing the limits of visual language and perception to understand the intractable conflict. \u003ci\u003eWhatever You Say, Say Nothing\u003c\/i\u003e, a work of \"documentary fiction,\" organizes a decade of photographs across 22 fictional \"days\" to articulate the helical structure of history during a conflict that seemed like it would never end--days of violence, of marching, of riots, of unemployment, of mourning. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAccompanying each copy is \u003ci\u003eAnnals of the North\u003c\/i\u003e, a text-and-image almanac to \u003ci\u003eWhatever You Say, Say Nothing\u003c\/i\u003e, also published separately by Steidl this season; the books are housed together in a tote bag. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHeld back for 30 years and now eagerly anticipated, \u003ci\u003eWhatever You Say, Say Nothing\u003c\/i\u003e takes the language of documentary photography to its extremes. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Gilles Peress\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 3958295444\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9783958295445\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Steidl\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/31\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 1960\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 33.68lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 19.00h x 14.00w x 9.50d","brand":"Gilles Peress","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44050642174207,"sku":"9783958295445","price":750.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_a7bf1f9f-1df5-4a2f-8270-06883e3479d9.jpg?v=1685008404","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/gilles-peress-gilles-peress-9783958295445","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}