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Paolo Pellegrin |
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War In Lebanon |
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Opening Talk: Tuesday, May 1 at 8p.m On Display May 1 to June 17, 2007 |
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Artist’s statement: Having covered the Middle East for a number of years, I headed to Lebanon immediately after hostilities between Israel and Hezbollah broke out there in July 2006. Initially, most people thought the conflict would only last a few days; instead, the war went on for over a month and led to the deaths of over 1500 Lebanese, 150 Israelis, and the destruction of much of Lebanon’s infrastructure. While constantly criss-crossing the tiny country, I spent the greatest amount of time in the besieged south Lebanon city of Tyre – the ground-zero of the war – working on a report for the New York Times Magazine with writer Scott Anderson. It was important to me to get as close to the action as possible in hopes of conveying to the outside world the human consequences of this “improbable war.”
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About The Photographer Since taking up photography in the early 1990s, Paolo Pellegrin has become widely recognized as one of the world preeminent photojournalists. Over the span of his career, he has won 8 World Press Photo awards, the Leica Medal of Excellence, the Eugene Smith Grant in Humanistic Photography, and the Olivier Rebbot Award for Best Feature Photography, among many other prizes. This past month, he won the Robert Capa Gold Medal for his coverage of the 2006 war in Lebanon – which is also the subject of this exhibit. AWARDS 2007 World Press Photo 1st Prize General News. GRANTS 2006 W.E. Smith Grant in Humanistic Photography. BOOKS 2002
Kosovo 1999-2000: The Flight of Reason. Trolley, UK
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The photography series is curated by Michelle Jackson/SnapIndigo |
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Previous exhibitions at The Half King For further information on these exhibits, please go here.
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