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Palestine


2005

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Palestine
2005

Gaza

“I’ve always been militant. I had a military training. I’m a military doctor, a civil servant. I could have, I could, live and work overseas, but my mission is here, in Gaza. They need me.” Azza

Abstracts

"Azza agreed to follow us for us to photograph her in the streets of Gaza. We made the silly choice of taking a first shot in the “bedroom”, which demanded a certain amount of preparation time. Far too long. Very quickly, we were surrounded by a growing band of kids, first curious, then more and more aggressive. They were aged between 8 and 14 years. Azza translated for us: 'dirty whore' or insults in the same vein (…) 'Once when I was at a neighbour’s place,' Azza tells, 'and we heard bombing, her 7-year-old son explained to me that they weren’t F16s but Apache helicopters.

He shouldn’t know such things. He offered to explain to me the difference in their munitions… At 7 years old! Another day, a little 4-year-old girl bravely declared to me that tanks didn’t scare her. 4 years old! There aren’t any children here… Thankfully my general supports me because it’s very difficult for a woman today. My combat is simple and continues daily: for the right of every Palestinian woman to have access to health!'"

Extract from Zoé Zoé, Femmes du mondes, 2007, Éditions Gallimard

Works

Palestine 1698
Azza, 2005

Gaza, Palestine
Gouache enhanced silver print
24 x 30 cm

Palestine 1704
Azza 2, 2005

Gaza, Palestine
Gouache enhanced silver print
30 x 24 cm

Palestine 1753
Parc d'attraction, 2005

Palestine
Gouache enhanced silver print
37 x 50 cm

Palestine 1705
Azza 3, 2005

Gaza, Palestine
Gouache on paper
46 x 37 cm

Palestine 1755
Gaza, 2005

Palestine
C-Print
120 x 200 cm

Maps

Palestine 1696
Palestine, 2005

Gouache on paper
80 x 60 cm

Palestine 1697
Palestine 2, 2005

Gouache on paper
80 x 60 cm

Making-of

Film by Marc Jampolsky

Image by Claire Nicol

Books

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