Happy to announce that my ongoing work about the Philippine Drug war and its aftermath has been awarded project grant from Swedish Artist foundation.
Funeral of Edward who was a shot in a police operation in the Philippines’ war on drugs. Edward and his cousin Billy Joe was killed during a police operation in Bagong Silang, police were looking for a suspect and six people were shot. Edward and his cousin Billy Joe was never suspected or even appeared on some so-called drug list.
In the latest number of the environment magazine Effekt, a reportage by me about the dangerous ways to find gold in the Philippines…
Publicerat – Fotoboken i Sverige, at Hasselblad Center 24 feb – 6 may, 2018.
The exhibition contains 200 titles and the selection is based on three themes: the Society, the ego and the Picture. The concepts reflect overall issues that play a major part in photography, and the boundaries collect books that treat and shape the specific topics and perspectives. The photo book is both visual and tactile. Instead of showing the books in displays, published an open exhibition where visitors can browse freely, look in and read the published books.
About the exhibition: short video with curator Niclas Östlind
An exclusive depiction of the minds of war photographers -modern heroes who daily face the perishability of life and feed on death. The year is 1999. For the young Georgian Alex Kvatashidze, the war in Chechnya seems far away. This until he falls in love with a French photographer and only days after they meet, decide to accompany her to the war-torn Delegate. Immediately the dream of becoming a war reporter arises, something he unfortunately never succeeds in. On the other hand, he is given insights into their world for 13 years and depicts how occupational life affected them. “Why do you go to war if you do not need?” – may be one of the top questions the director Alex is trying to answer.
On the spot after the film, we have the warphotographer and Helsingborgare Olof Jarlbro, whose report has been seen in everything from “Esquire” to “Arbetaren” and who went illegally across the border to Syria to document the war.
6th sep.17.00 The doors and the bar open18.00 See You in Chechnya19.15 Olof Jarlbro LOCATION: The Tivoli, Copenhagen Island 1, HelsingborgENTRÉ: 70 SEK (60 SEK pre-purchase, 50 SEK / Stampus and AW-company)
India’s first photobooks festival “Kitab“concluded its second edition in the beautiful city of Chandigarh which is known for its architecture and green spaces. It’s great to be part of this unique event with my two latest books Syria the War Within and Refuge. I guess one of the beauties with photobooks they do connect people from all over the world…
The Kitab- India’s First Photobook Festival (2nd edition) Chandigarh from 9-11 August 2017 presenting 7 beautiful photobook exhibitions.
The Kitab | India's First Photobook Festival | Chandigarh Edition from The Kitab on Vimeo.
Reportage about Illegal gold mines in the Philippines.
A few hours’ drive south of Manila is the Gold town Paracale. A city which are associated with its mines for most of its inhabitants. Over 80% of the population in the city works somehow within the mining industry, and so it has been for decades….
Reportage about Europa’s forgotten war in Ukraine.
“At the beginning of May 2017 the final at the Eurovision Song Contest took place in Kiev, a song contest seen by 204 million people around the world. At the same time in the same country there is an ongoing war that forced more than a million people to flee and several million in need for humanitarian aid…”
Reportage about Europa’s forgotten war in Ukraine. Text and photo Olof Jarlbro
For full Swedish version visit Read here
I am Happy to be part of India’s first photobook festival with my two latest books “Refuge” and “Syria the War within”
Short interview with me and about the books here…Read here
Photos from the festival ” Dehradun Edition” Visit here
