1: 2023, A4 leaflet, 2-colour risograph print on evercolor ivory 80gsm recycled paper
2: 2017 screenprinted tote bag (with multiple years of wear) for an old band with
@peterpandrews called BORDER that i had never documented, still painfully relevant!
in researching photojournalism on this subject, i also came across the work of schwenningen-born photographer kai wiedenhöfer and his books “wall” (2007) and “book of destruction” (2010) - not featured here - that display photographs of the effects of israeli occupation on the ecological and civilian landscapes of gaza. in a moment of continuing bleak comedy, his disembodied photos of chunks of west bank concrete (presented without any commentary) were deemed “anti-semitic photography” by german politicians and the left.
wiedenhöfer still receives online abuse discrediting his award-winning documentation of oppression and innocent victims of violence (the opening of “book of destruction”, featuring portraits of children living with amputated limbs, was protested by german antideutsche). he was barred from exhibiting excerpts of “wall” that would have been projected onto die berliner mauer, due to removal of the state funding of the work.
A4 prints of the first image are available for free from me at anything i’m playing - i am more than happy to send the PDF to anyone who wishes to duplicate also, huge thank you to
@pagemasters.co who facilitated free printing of these - tote bags are long gone and were originally screenprinted by
@printcollective1 and me for a benefit show at DIY space for london
texts and photography sources ~
image 1:
• Larry Towell - “Then Palestine” (Aperture, 1998)
• Mahmoud Darwish - VI. Truth Has Two Faces And The Snow Is Black from “Eleven Stars Over Andalusia” (Grand Street 48, Oblivion, 1994)
• Palestine Poster Project Archives - various posters (translated: “SOLIDARITY” - Arabic, “TOWARDS PALESTINE” - Arabic, “DOWN WITH THE OCCUPATION” - Arabic, Hebrew, English)
image 2:
• Frantz Fanon - “A society…” (Toward The African Revolution, Grove Press, 1964 orig.)