Tag: Adam Rouhana

Opinion | A Palestinian Photographer’s Lens on His People – The New York Times

Opinion | The Subversive Act of Photographing Palestinian Life

Photographer Adam Rouhana documents Palestinians in the face of imagery that often dehumanizes them.

Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/19/opinion/palestinians-photography-war-israel.html

As I got older and developed my practice, I noticed a dissonance between the West’s conception of Palestinian society and the images I was making — the life I was living. In the news media, Palestinians were often portrayed as masked and violent or as disposable and lifeless: a faceless, miserable people.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/19/opinion/palestinians-photography-war-israel.html

January 19, 2024
The Photographer Searching for Freedom in Palestine

The Photographer Searching for Freedom in Palestine

Adam Rouhana’s images oscillate between moments of beauty and scenes of colonization, providing an intimate view of life under Israeli occupation.

via Aperture: https://aperture.org/editorial/the-photographer-searching-for-freedom-in-palestine/

Adam Rouhana’s images oscillate between moments of beauty and scenes of colonization, providing an intimate view of life under Israeli occupation.

July 21, 2023