Guatemala: Eternal Spring, Eternal Tyranny

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A Testament From Guatemala’s War Years

As Guatemala brings genocide charges against a former military leader, Jean-Marie Simon prepares to reissue her seminal book of photographs from that country’s bloodiest era.

via Lens Blog: http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/02/02/a-testament-from-guatemalas-war-years/?pagewanted=all

This week, while Mr. Ríos Montt is under house arrest, Ms. Simon is reprinting her book “Guatemala: Eterna Primavera, Eterna Tirania,” a chronicle of the worst of the war years that builds upon her 1988 volume “Guatemala: Eternal Spring, Eternal Tyranny.” This time, she has raised $20,000 through Kickstarter to help produce 4,000 copies on glossy stock and with sewn bindings that will be sold for about $10 each. More important, she has set aside some 1,000 copies to be given away to schools and teachers in Guatemala.