Mohammed Shuhada Ali Ahmed, Tuffah, Northern Gaza. Ur serien Gaza Photo Album

by Kent Klich

Artist Kent Klich (Sverige, född 1952)

Alternate Title

Mohammed Shuhada Ali Ahmed, Tuffah, Northern Gaza. From the series Gaza Photo Album

Date2009

MediumInkjet print

DimensionsPappersmått: 99.9 × 149.7 cm Bildmått: 99.3 × 149.1 cm Ram: 104.8 × 154.8 × 4.9 cm

ClassificationPhotography

Credit LinePurchase 2021 (Swedish Acquisitions 2021)

Countries

Sweden, Denmark

On view

Stockholm

RoomStudy Gallery 08: Screen 19

Object NumberMOM/2021/425

CollectionsSvenska förvärv 2021

About the artworkFor thirty years, Kent Klich has worked in a documentary tradition, earning a reputation for his photo books about Beth, the children in Nicolae Ceauşescu’s Romania, and El Niño. In 2001, he began travelling to Gaza, the conflict-torn Palestine territory that has been occupied by Israel since 1967. Through his works, Klich seeks to increase our awareness about life in this geopolitical area and the crimes against human rights that take place there. The project has also led to reflections on the difficulty of portraying human suffering, and his own role as a photographer. The brightly-coloured photo album from Gaza contains pictures of deserted, bombed homes with a sofa and an iron that remain undamaged. Klich has also expanded on the project in a video installation, Killing Time (2011), with personal mobile videos belonging to people who didn’t survive.
Signatures, inscriptions and marks Signerat i nedre höger hörn på baksidan av konserverket, Påskrift på baksidan av konstverket, nederst till höger: "Mohammed Shuhada ' Ali Ahmed / at Tuffah, Nothern Gaza / 2/10 från serien Gaza Photo Album, 2009 / Kent Klich 24/11-2021"

Works by the artist