Kai Wiedenhöfer: Perfect Peace - Hardcover

Rosenkranz, Stefani

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 3882438142 ISBN 13: 9783882438147

Publisher: Steidl, 2002

Synopsis

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 photographer Kai Wiedenhöfer 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, Wiedenhöfer 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.

About this title

About the Author:

Born in 1966 in Germany, Kai Wiedenhofer became interested in the Middle East conflict as a teenager. In 1989 he made his first of numerous trips to Israel and the Occupied Territories. Wiedenhofer studied photojournalism at the Folkwang School in Essen and Arabic in Damascus, Syria. Since 1995, has received numerous awards for his work, most recently the Alexia Grant and a World Press Award. Wiedenhofer is currently a photographer with Lookat Photos in Switzerland.

About this edition

• Publisher: Steidl
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 3882438142
• ISBN 13: 9783882438147
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 174