dinsdag, september 07, 2004
Ten years after an Israeli settler shot dead 29 Palestinians in Hebron, a project sponsored by Agence France-Presse has given residents of the West Bank town a chance to document their lives on film. The international news agency gave cameras to four Palestinian families and three families of Israeli settlers, asking them to take photos that capture the joys and fears of their everyday lives in Hebron.
A collection of 150 photographs, selected from a total of 5,000 shots, was unveiled at the weekend during the prestigious international festival of photojournalism in the southern French city of Perpignan. "We always see the same images of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. This was a chance to offer a new vision of the conflict, which is about more than throwing stones, attacks and bloodied bodies," says AFP's deputy photo editor-in-chief Sylvain Estibal.
Estibal spearheaded the ongoing project, first launched in June 2003, with two AFP photographers - Menahem Kahana, an Israeli, and Hazem Bader, a Palestinian. The two families whose work features prominently in the collection never agreed to meet each other, even though their homes are just 10 meters (yards) apart, but they did view one another's photos through the AFP staff.
While the Israelis offered photos of parties, sports activities and exterior shots, the Palestinians mainly provided a glimpse of their family homes. Estibal said he hoped the project would help foster dialogue between the two sides, but Kahana noted: "There was once a chance for them to meet, but not anymore. The conflict is all too real, especially for the children."
Bron: Middle East Online.
A collection of 150 photographs, selected from a total of 5,000 shots, was unveiled at the weekend during the prestigious international festival of photojournalism in the southern French city of Perpignan. "We always see the same images of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. This was a chance to offer a new vision of the conflict, which is about more than throwing stones, attacks and bloodied bodies," says AFP's deputy photo editor-in-chief Sylvain Estibal.
Estibal spearheaded the ongoing project, first launched in June 2003, with two AFP photographers - Menahem Kahana, an Israeli, and Hazem Bader, a Palestinian. The two families whose work features prominently in the collection never agreed to meet each other, even though their homes are just 10 meters (yards) apart, but they did view one another's photos through the AFP staff.
While the Israelis offered photos of parties, sports activities and exterior shots, the Palestinians mainly provided a glimpse of their family homes. Estibal said he hoped the project would help foster dialogue between the two sides, but Kahana noted: "There was once a chance for them to meet, but not anymore. The conflict is all too real, especially for the children."
Bron: Middle East Online.
# posted by Jan-Edward : 13:00
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