Showcase: West Into East – Lens

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Showcase: West Into East

Frederic Lezmi is seeking to find the subtle bridge between Central Europe and the Middle East, Daniel J. Wakin reports; moments where the two blend.

via Lens Blog: http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/12/15/showcase-92/

He said he was seeking a third way of depicting the Middle East; neither in romanticized, Orientalist, picturesque photographs nor in “crisis photography” — images of destruction, fighting and privation.