Die Nuba — Riefenstahl’s Ritual Eye

This book by Leni Riefenstahl, Die Nuba , published in this 2002 reprint by Komet Verlag, is part of the Darwin Bookshop because it remains one of the most visually charged — and ethically fraught — documents in 20th-century photographic history. First released in the 1970s, Die Nuba is the result of Riefenstahl’s extensive visits to the Nuba peoples of southern Sudan, where she produced a highly stylised and choreographed photographic record of ritual, body painting, wrestling, and masculinity, rendered in rich colour and idealised form.

Technical Sheet
Title: Die Nuba
Artist / Author: Leni Riefenstahl
Date: Originally 1976; this edition 2002
Technique / Printing Method: Colour offset printing
Medium / Materials: Hardcover
Dimensions: Approx. 24 x 32 cm
Pages: Unspecified
Language: German
Publisher: Komet Verlag (originally Riefenstahl Produktion)
ISBN: 3933366410
Condition: Good (based on visible wear)