Entries in IRAQ (4)

Saturday
Jul032010

JENNY HOLZER ARTICLE IN ISSUE002











WITH THE HELP OF GALERIE YVON LAMBERT, WE BEEN ABLE TO FEATURE JENNY HOLZER'S ENGAGING SCREEN PRINTS OF THE DISCLOSED CIA DOCUMENTS IN SOME/THINGS MAGAZINE ISSUE002 / THE BLACK BOOK










Friday
May142010

EIGHTEEN PAGES ON SOPHIE RISTELHUEBER'S WORK IN ISSUE002









WE ARE EXTREMELY PROUD TO HAVE HAD A POSSIBILITY TO FEATURE B/W IMAGES OF FAIT SERIES (THAT HAVENT BEEN REPUBLISHED SINCE THE 1992 MONOGRAPHY OF THE SAME TITLE) & IRAQ 2001 TRIPTYCH, TRULY HISTORIC WORKS OF SOPHIE RISTELHUEBER, WHO HAD just WON deutsche borse photography prize. SEE A BIT MORE IN ISSUE002 / THE BLACK BOOK ONLINE VERSION OR SEE EVERYTHING IN ISSUE002 PRINTED EDITION























Thursday
Nov262009

SOPHIE RISTELHUEBER  











SOPHIE RISTELHUEBER'S WORK HAS BEEN A GREAT PERSONAL INFLUENCE. HER IMAGES OF INCREDIBLY DEEP BEAUTY CARRY DARK STORIES OF DESTRUCTION & VIOLENCE YET SHE ALWAYS MANAGES TO AVOID THE VULGARITY OF THE DOCUMENTARY WAR PHOTOGRAPHY. THIS IMAGE COMES FROM FAIT, A SERIES SHE HAS SHOT IN KUWAIT JUST AFTER THE IRAQI TROOPS RETIRED LEAVING OIL FIELDS BURN THE DESERT. SOME 20 YEARS AGO SHE HAS SEEN WHAT I WAS TOO YOUNG TO SEE










Tuesday
Nov172009

HISTORY IS A REPETITION / & WE ARE STILL THERE IN THE MIDDLE




















PHOTOGRAPHY OF IRAQ & ITS KURDISTAN BY EDOUARD BEAU, YOUNG BUT VERY TALENTED & DETERMINED FRENCH PHOTOGRAPHER THAT HAS BEEN WORKING IN THE TROUBLED ZONES OF MIDDLE EAST SINCE SEVERAL YEARS THINKING NOT ABOUT THE RISKS HE IS TAKING BUT THE NECESSITY TO DO A WORK THAT MAKES PEOPLE THINK TWICE OF THE CLICHES THEY HAVE IN THEIR HEAD OF WAR & VIOLENCE, OF HAPPINNESS & OF BELIEF


THE ENTIRE ARTICLE WITH THE PHOTOGRAPHS ONLY IN THE PRINTED EDITION OF SOME/THINGS MAGAZINE CHAPTER002 / THE BLACK BOOK