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2469 ipm_catss2008_text12 10/2/07 10:05 am page 21 the american university in cairo press new titles the eternal light of egypt a photographic journey sarite sanders introduced by dorothea arnold new new titles march 2008 egypt s ancient heritage in stunning infra-red black-and-white photography for centuries visitors have been awed by ancient egypt s monuments seeing in them testimony to a mysterious past and the remembrance of forces greater and more subtle than the corporeal world they inhabit with stunning photography complemented by quotations from a range of textual sources the eternal light of egypt speaks to that testimony with a fresh exploratory voice a brooding face carved in stone monuments of unsparing majesty clouds spread out against an immutable sky delicate patterns of palm fronds caught in a shimmering half-light like the figurative language of dreams sarite sanders s haunting black-and-white photographs bring the enigmatic narrative of egypt s ancient monuments into sharp relief forcing us to see pyramids statues or the breathtaking architectural sweep of temples once again for the first time in an austere and unscripted visual poetry photographed using infrared film the images are often dark and edgy hinting at an underlying restlessness and the transience of all those who stand in the monuments shadow with over 100 black-and-white photographs the eternal light of egypt is both a meditation and a rare lyrical work inviting the observer to revisit and engage with egypt s most enduring legacy to the imagination sarite sanders formerly a professional dancer on the faculty of the extreme ballet program at kaatsbaan international dance center in tivoli new york is a photographer who has traveled to egypt over three decades in the company of writers scholars artists and egyptologists her photographs are held in the samuel dorsky museum of art in new paltz new york dorothea arnold is lila acheson wallace chairman on the department of egypt art at the metropolitan museum of art new york march 2008 hardbound us $45.00 can $50.35 isbn 978-977-416-114-8 224 pages 9 x 11 1/2 over 100 photographs archaeology and ancient egypt photography see also egypt s eternal light calendar 2009 see page 39 ipm north american new book catalog spring/summer 2008 page 21

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