Linda Forsell’s project “Life’s a Blast.” The photographs, which Forsell made in Israel and Palestine from 2008 to 2010, were recently published as a book. Forsell, who is Swedish, “worked randomly, meeting people of all sorts, letting one thing lead to another.” The resulting photos and accompanying text provide a unusual perspective, managing to be both intimate and voyeuristic.
UPDATE 11.12.2010, 12.30pm PST: Forsell didn’t win. Announced 11.12.2010 in Bristol, UK Yvonne Venegas won for her portrayal of Maria Elvia de Hank, millionaire wife of an eccentric former ma…
Forsell’s Life’s a Blast is the sweetest, never-escaping-bitter view of Palestine, Gaza & Israel I’ve ever clapped my eyes on. It’s about family more than ideology, but it is never glib. It is work as conscious of history as it is the mores of fashion photography. It’s a slow-ride through the lives of people associated by a larger conflict but not solely defined by it; a stunning presentation of gazes drenched in humanity.
