Kurds: Through the Photographer's Lens
Ed's photographs from Kurdistan appear throughout a new book put out by the Kurdish Human Rights Project and published by Trolley Ltd.
"This unique book of photographs, poetry and writing has been commissioned by the Delfina Foundation to mark 15 years of the Kurdish Human Rights Project. Combining the work of some of the most prominent photojournalists and photographers who have worked across the Kurdish regions – including Susan Meiselas, Jan Grarup, Ed Kashi, and Patrick Robert – with written contributions from Noam Chomsky, Harold Pinter, Jon Snow and poet Choman Hardi, it celebrates the life and times of the Kurdish people over the past 15 years.
‘For a long time, the Kurdish people have been in many people’s consciousness variously as an oppressed minority, a people suffering through war and displacement, or typecast as fervent nationalists and troublesome aggressors with tribal conflicts. As with most stereotypes, none of these characterisations bear much relation to the vast majority of the 30 million or more Kurds that are currently living in the Middle East and the Diaspora. Their daily life, the land in which they live, and the richness and variety of their culture and language are rarely portrayed. This book… seeks to redress that balance.’"
Jon Snow
For more information about the book, please visit the KHRP website:
KHRP
"This unique book of photographs, poetry and writing has been commissioned by the Delfina Foundation to mark 15 years of the Kurdish Human Rights Project. Combining the work of some of the most prominent photojournalists and photographers who have worked across the Kurdish regions – including Susan Meiselas, Jan Grarup, Ed Kashi, and Patrick Robert – with written contributions from Noam Chomsky, Harold Pinter, Jon Snow and poet Choman Hardi, it celebrates the life and times of the Kurdish people over the past 15 years.
‘For a long time, the Kurdish people have been in many people’s consciousness variously as an oppressed minority, a people suffering through war and displacement, or typecast as fervent nationalists and troublesome aggressors with tribal conflicts. As with most stereotypes, none of these characterisations bear much relation to the vast majority of the 30 million or more Kurds that are currently living in the Middle East and the Diaspora. Their daily life, the land in which they live, and the richness and variety of their culture and language are rarely portrayed. This book… seeks to redress that balance.’"
Jon Snow
For more information about the book, please visit the KHRP website:
KHRP
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