{"product_id":"the-silence-by-gilles-peress","title":"'The Silence' by Gilles Peress","description":"\u003ch4 data-start=\"859\" data-end=\"1486\"\u003eA brutal, formally restrained photobook on the 1994 Rwandan genocide, \u003cem data-start=\"939\" data-end=\"952\"\u003eThe Silence\u003c\/em\u003e brings together Gilles Peress’s black-and-white photographs with a chronology and legal-historical material by Alison Des Forges.\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"859\" data-end=\"1486\"\u003eIt is not arranged to soften or narrativise catastrophe for the reader; the effect is closer to evidence than reportage, assembling fragments of aftermath, witness, and institutional failure into something stark and hard to shake.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"859\" data-end=\"1486\"\u003eMagnum describes the work as tracing the horror of the genocide, while MoMA exhibited the photographs the same year the book appeared. \u003cspan class=\"\" data-state=\"closed\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1488\" data-end=\"1709\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThis book was issued in 1995 as a paperback original, and it comes with the accompanying booklet\/slip. It is in great condition.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\" data-state=\"closed\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"bower studio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44325166415955,"sku":null,"price":225.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0689\/0268\/2707\/files\/Untitleddesign-2026-03-30T162039.091.png?v=1774848056","url":"https:\/\/bowerbooks.com\/products\/the-silence-by-gilles-peress","provider":"bower books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}