Fotografer terlupakan yang menyelamatkan kota. Selama hampir 100 tahun nama Jos Divis hilang dari sejarah fotografi Selandia Baru. Kini sebuah kesalahan sedang diperbaiki. Ada yang menjulukinya sebagai 'penemu selfie'. Seorang fotografer jalanan pada masanya, ia memelopori teknik untuk menangkap gambar orang-orang biasa dan kehidupan kerja mereka dengan cara yang tidak dapat dilakukan oleh orang lain. Dipenjara karena keyakinannya, dia menjalani tahun-tahun terakhirnya sendirian di kota hantu yang dia bantu hidupkan, keluarganya percaya dia sudah mati. JOS adalah perjalanan penemuan setelah seorang sejarawan, fotografer, dan kurator museum bekerja untuk memberikan pengakuan yang layak diterima Jos Divis.
The forgotten photographer who saved a town. For nearly 100 years the name Jos Divis was missing from histories of New Zealand photography. Now a wrong is being righted. Some call him the 'inventor of the selfie'. A street photographer ahead of his time he pioneered techniques to capture images of ordinary people and their working lives in a way no-one else could. Imprisoned for his beliefs, he lived his last years alone in the ghost town he helped bring to life, his family believing him dead. JOS is a journey of discovery following a historian, a photographer and a museum curator all working to give Jos Divis' the recognition he deserves.
The forgotten photographer who saved a town. For nearly 100 years the name Jos Divis was missing from histories of New Zealand photography. Now a wrong is being righted. Some call him the 'inventor of the selfie'. A street photographer ahead of his time he pioneered techniques to capture images of ordinary people and their working lives in a way no-one else could. Imprisoned for his beliefs, he lived his last years alone in the ghost town he helped bring to life, his family believing him dead. JOS is a journey of discovery following a historian, a photographer and a museum curator all working to give Jos Divis' the recognition he deserves.
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