A Sense of a Common Ground

Rating:
Summary: Survival and Intimacy
Review: Fazal Sheikh once said "There must be some middle ground between journalism and art where you can be honest and still be supportive."

That quote is in perfect harmony with the exquisite photographic record he made of Ethiopian, Sudanese and Somalian refugees in Northern Kenya.

Sheikh understands the true artisic power inherent in the photographic image. The photos in this book are deeply personal and moving. Unlike the stock photos of dark skinned refugees we are accustomed to seeing "cataloged" on nightly news reports or weekly magazines, Fazal's work is empowering.

He gives the refugees names and social connections. Instead of staring blankly into his camera, these refugees give him a bit of their souls and open to him as a countryman and not just another journalist/tourist.

Fazal imbibes each photographic image with dignity and humanity that will remind the reader that, depite their troubled existences, these refugees are people not unlike you or I and deserve to be treated with respect not pity.

Rating:
Summary: Survival and Intimacy
Review: Fazal Sheikh once said "There must be some middle ground between journalism and art where you can be honest and still be supportive."

That quote is in perfect harmony with the exquisite photographic record he made of Ethiopian, Sudanese and Somalian refugees in Northern Kenya.

Sheikh understands the true artisic power inherent in the photographic image. The photos in this book are deeply personal and moving. Unlike the stock photos of dark skinned refugees we are accustomed to seeing "cataloged" on nightly news reports or weekly magazines, Fazal's work is empowering.

He gives the refugees names and social connections. Instead of staring blankly into his camera, these refugees give him a bit of their souls and open to him as a countryman and not just another journalist/tourist.

Fazal imbibes each photographic image with dignity and humanity that will remind the reader that, depite their troubled existences, these refugees are people not unlike you or I and deserve to be treated with respect not pity.