Archive for the 'mid-east' Category

work in progress…

Friday, November 6th, 2009

israeli closed military zone, jordan valley, the west bank from my ongoing project documenting land and displacement in israel and the occupied palestinian territory. ***

Israel and Obama

Wednesday, June 24th, 2009

*** 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 [...]

ehud olmert for newsweek

Friday, June 19th, 2009

“olmert’s lament” by kevin peraino, from the june 22 issue of newsweek magazine. *** 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 [...]