SOPHIE RISTELHUEBER

FAIT BY SOPHIE RISTELBUEBER / PHOTOGRAPHY OF KUWAIT / SOME/THINGS MAGAZINE ISSUE002 / THE BLACK BOOK

SOPHIE RISTELHUEBER'S WORK HAS BEEN A GREAT PERSONAL INFLUENCE. HER IMAGES OF INCREDIBLY DEEP BEAUTY CARRY DARK STORIES OF DESTRUCTION & VIOLENCE YET SHE ALWAYS MANAGES TO AVOID THE VULGARITY OF THE DOCUMENTARY WAR PHOTOGRAPHY. THIS IMAGE COMES FROM FAIT, A SERIES SHE HAS SHOT IN KUWAIT JUST AFTER THE IRAQI TROOPS RETIRED LEAVING OIL FIELDS BURN THE DESERT. SOME 20 YEARS AGO SHE HAS SEEN WHAT I WAS TOO YOUNG TO SEE

S/T MAGAZINE, SOME/ART, SOME/IMAGES/TEAMNovember 26, 2009CONTEMPORARY ART, IRAQ, KUWAIT, MIDDLE EAST, PHOTOGRAPHY, SOME/THINGS PUBLICATIONS, THE BLACK BOOK, WAR PHOTOGRAPHY, sophie ristelhueber, someslashthings magazine