“And what projects are you working on at the moment?” “An exhibition…and…I’m working on the completion of a new book, something very close to my heart.” “What’s it about?” “The Palestinians.” There was a rather long silence…my friend looked at me with a slightly sad smile, and said “Sure, why not! But don’t you think […]
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I Was Once In Arkansas And Saw These Amazing Photographs Or Finding Treasures In Backwaters
One word: Disfarmer Disfarmer was the name adopted by the man originally named Mike Meyers. As explained on a website that now acts as a link to his archives: …Mike expressed his discontent with his family and farming by changing his name to Disfarmer. In modern German “meier” means dairy farmer, and since he thought of himself […]
The Spotlight Of Humanity Or How We Are Told To Look Only Where They Tell Us To Look
It is probably one of the most blatant uses of photography as propaganda that I have seen in a long time. And I am glad for it because it reveals explicitly how easily images can be put to the service of an agenda of power and entrenched interests. And how easily photographs can mislead if […]
To Hear Or See An Haitian Once The Party Has Died Down
There is something terribly indecent about it and we have to be honest and acknowledge it. The hoards of photographers and wanna-be photographers, most eyeing each other and copying each other so that they may not get ‘left behind’, that have descended on Haiti since the devastating earthquake there remind me why I have felt […]