Cengiz Yar - This Alabaster Grave
Cengiz Yar - This Alabaster Grave
| Author | Cengiz Yar |
|---|---|
| Publisher | Ocotillo Press |
| ISBN | 9798218580483 |
| Idea Code | 250776 |
‘This Alabaster Grave’ is photographer Cengiz Yar’s first monograph. It explores the overwhelming destruction and pain faced by the Iraqi city of Mosul within the context of its history and unique, now largely ruined, architecture. The book questions the cost of the fight against ISIS and the global war on terror, as told through the lives and city that bore the brunt of the destructive force. Yar’s photographs, taken between 2015 and 2023, shift between reportage and contemplative moments, as scenes of battle are juxtaposed against the stillness left in its wake. With a foreword from Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Azmat Khan and an essay by Campbell MacDiarmid.
| 172 p, ills colour & bw, 21 x 30 cm, hb, English/Arabic |
Ocotillo Press