Lighting and the Dramatic Portrait by Michael Grecco

Lighting and the Dramatic Portrait by Michael Grecco

Lost for Words? explores the rise and decline of progressive Catholic grassroots activism and its drive for social justice and democratic change in four low-income neighborhoods in S o Paulo, Brazil. Ottmann focuses on the obstacles faced by the poor who took seriously the claim that the people were to transform Brazilian society from the bottom up. He follows their travails through periods of democratization, mass unemployment, and conservative backlash within the Church.

Goetz Frank Ottmann moves beyond purely political analysis to record how residents and progressive Catholic activists were drawn into a struggle for a juster society, and how this movement began to unravel even before it reached its peak in the early 1980s.

Based on in-depth interviews and participant observation, and drawing on theoretical insights from recent debates on social movements and the sociology of religion, he examines how, by the early 1990s, the liberationist movement had lost its following, lost its allies, failed to achieve its core goals, and seemed to die. Ottmann then shows how in recent years activists have worked to create a new and pragmatic form of religious activism, one that draws on a range of agendas, including Catholic feminism.

Michael Grecco is one of the best-known celebrity photographers in the world. His beautiful, insightful work is all around us - on movie posters & magazine covers, in advertising, everywhere. "I delight in inspiring people," he writes, "I want them to stop, think and feel." Now he shares the secrets of great portraits with photographers at every level. Michael Grecco's clients include ABC, HBO, IBM, ESPN & dozens of other top companies in entertainment, business and advertising. The winner of many awards, Grecco teaches many photography seminars across the country each year. He lives in Santa Monica, California.

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ISBN 13	9780817442279
ISBN 10	0817442278
Title	Lighting and the Dramatic Portrait
Author	Michael Grecco
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Watson-Guptill Publications
Year published	2006-11-01
Number of pages	192
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