West Bank

Title:West Bank

Photographer(s): Sophie Ristelhueber

Writer(s):

Designer(s): Sophie Ristelhueber

Publisher(s): Thames & Hudson, London, England

Year: 2005

Print run:

Language(s): English

Pages: 128

Size: 11 x 17,5 cm

Binding: Hardcover

Edition:

Print: Jean Genoud, Le Mont-sur-Lausanne, Switzerland

Nation(s) and year(s) of Protest: Palestine, 2003-2004

ISBN: 978-0-500-54298-9

"What am I doing on the roof of this car? Perhaps, I tell myself, 'it is sweet to see, from the safe and distant shore, others in distress amidst billows and in raging gales; not drawing delight from another's misfortune, but rejoicing over being spared such desperation?' Doubtless as an artist, I am at war, too."

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In November 2003, and again from February to March 2004, Sophie Ristelhueber spent two periods in the West Bank, photographing the roads that have been cut off, like so many ruptures and obstacles that symbolise the separation between people. This book brings together her images of bruised landscapes.