vrijdag, september 12, 2003
Een zeer uitgebreid en grondig verslag van het Visa Pour l'Image fotofestival in Perpignan is te lezen bij Photo District Newswire.
Erg onthullend (over de politieke voorkeuren van de festivalleider Leroy) zijn de volgende passages:
For the grand finale of the presentation, Leroy asked two photographers, one Israeli and one Palestinian, to submit the best of their work from the past year. First up was Reuters photographer Ahmed Jadallah, a Palestinian who was recently shot and severely injured by Israeli soldiers. Leroy said Jadallah and Reuters only sent in one type of picture, that of Palestinians as innocent victims, and the presentation showed that and only that.
On the other hand, Ziv Koren, an Israeli photographer working for Polaris, sent in a more varied view of the conflict. Koren submitted around 180 pictures, about 60 of which were used, showing both Israelis and Palestinians as innocent victims, but also pictures of daily life and portraits of political leaders. After seeing the projection, which Koren did not get to preview, the photographer was disappointed that none of his pictures showing Israelis blown up by Palestinian suicide bombers made the slideshow.
"I was surprised to see that the slideshow was not balanced," he said, trying his best to sound diplomatic. "Over the last year, I’ve shot six or seven major bombings in Israel. I have extremely strong pictures of Israelis being victims, and the projection just did not show that. Not even a single image."
Erg onthullend (over de politieke voorkeuren van de festivalleider Leroy) zijn de volgende passages:
For the grand finale of the presentation, Leroy asked two photographers, one Israeli and one Palestinian, to submit the best of their work from the past year. First up was Reuters photographer Ahmed Jadallah, a Palestinian who was recently shot and severely injured by Israeli soldiers. Leroy said Jadallah and Reuters only sent in one type of picture, that of Palestinians as innocent victims, and the presentation showed that and only that.
On the other hand, Ziv Koren, an Israeli photographer working for Polaris, sent in a more varied view of the conflict. Koren submitted around 180 pictures, about 60 of which were used, showing both Israelis and Palestinians as innocent victims, but also pictures of daily life and portraits of political leaders. After seeing the projection, which Koren did not get to preview, the photographer was disappointed that none of his pictures showing Israelis blown up by Palestinian suicide bombers made the slideshow.
"I was surprised to see that the slideshow was not balanced," he said, trying his best to sound diplomatic. "Over the last year, I’ve shot six or seven major bombings in Israel. I have extremely strong pictures of Israelis being victims, and the projection just did not show that. Not even a single image."
# posted by Jan-Edward : 08:25
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