Memory of Trees (Paperback)

Kathryn Cook

ISBN 10: 3868284419 / ISBN 13: 9783868284416

Published by Kehrer Verlag, Heidelberg, 2014

About this Item

Paperback. Memory of Trees is a dark and startling reminder of an all too often forgotten genocide committed against Armenians in the early 1900s by the once powerful Ottoman Empire. Since 2007, Kathryn Cook travelled between Turkey and Armenia and on to Syria, Lebanon and Israel unearthing the shameful truth whilst giving a voice to its survivors and legacy. The resulting collection of images emphasise the emotional tonality of the story rather than documenting specific events, and ensure this overlooked genocide finally finds a voice and some sense of closure. In her photo series Kathryn Cook explores the aftermath of the "denied" 1915 Armenian genocide in Ottoman Turkey. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Memory of Trees (Paperback)
• Publisher: Kehrer Verlag, Heidelberg
• Publication Date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3868284419
• ISBN 13: 9783868284416
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

In the early 1900s, as the Ottoman Empire collapsed, a fiercely nationalistic movement took power. As with all ideologies, their taking hold meant the termination of what didn't fit its new identity—its Christian Armenian citizens.

Memory of Trees follows the remains and traces of an ambiguous, dark history—the great crime recognized today as genocide by more than a dozen countries. Kathryn Cook traveled across Turkey and Armenia, to Syria, Lebanon, and Israel, sifting through the remains of this legacy and tracking down survivors. Her images emphasize the emotional tonality of the story rather than documenting specific events.

About the Author

Kathryn Cook (born 1979 in New Mexico) is based in Rome, Italy, and represented by Agence VU’. Her work has appeared in publications including The New Yorker, The New York Times Magazine, TIME, Newsweek, and Stern.She has received several grants for this work including the Inge Morath Award (2008), The Aftermath Project grant (2008), the Enzo Baldoni award (2008) and the Alexia Foundation grant (2012).

François Cheval is chief curator of the photography museum Musée Nicéphore Niépce, Chalon-sur-Saône, France.

Karin Karakasli , born in Istanbul in 1972, is a poet who writes in Turkish.She is currently a columnist at Agos, the Turkish-Armenian weekly newspaper and Radikal newspaper, and continues to write fiction and poetry.