Publisher's Description
Kai Wiedenhofer: Perfect Peace
Essay by Stefani Rosenkranz.
Unequal battles between stone-throwers and
machine-gun wielders, endless nightly raids, the
arrest of young resistance fighters, children playing in the dismal makeshift playgrounds of barricades and burning cars: these are the images that
one connects with the Gaza Strip, and they are the
images that German photographer Kai
Wiedenhofer has made during his recent time
there. But Habib al-Schaab, or friend of the people,
as he is known to locals, has also shot pictures
that show the oppressive normality of everyday
life, the laughter of children, the grain harvest, the
war games played with plastic pistols. For more
than ten years, from 1990 to 2001 Wiedenhofer
has lived and photographed in the Israeli-occupied
territories. He has learned Arabic, taken a close
look at the Middle East, and tried to understand
the mentality of its inhabitants, who have allowed
him to gain insight into a world that is generally
reported about through stereotypes. Perfect Peace
expresses the hopes and disappointments of a
region that will only ever find peace through
mutual understanding.
Book Information
ISBN:
3882438142
Publisher:
Steidl
Format:
Hardcover, 174 pages
Language:
English
Dimensions:
10٫2 x
12٫5 x
0٫8 inches