J C A R R I E R :: P H O T O G R A P H Y

israeli closed military zone, jordan valley, the west bank

from my ongoing project documenting land and displacement in israel and the occupied palestinian territory.

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just stumbled upon this shot digging through my hard-drive; it’s a quick snap i grabbed last year in western kenya while covering the obama victory celebration. (if you can imagine, there are hundreds of people behind me chanting “obama”) but really, hotel rwanda? “for delicious meals”?! are you serious? then again, [...]

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posters depicting “barack hussein obama” wearing a keffiyeh, the trademark attire of yassir arafat, late leader of the palestinian liberation organization, with the words “anti-semitic jew-hater” were hung around the city of jerusalem shortly after president obama’s cairo speech to the muslim world. in his speech, president obama pressured israel to end its controversial [...]

“olmert’s lament” by kevin peraino, from the june 22 issue of newsweek magazine.
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i photographed former israeli prime minister ehud olmert for newsweek a few weeks back — wanting to create something a little more unique i brought along my hasselblad and 4×5 field camera.
although olmert is no longer in power the man still [...]