‘If you focus solely on the explosion, you photograph gunpowder. If you focus twenty seconds earlier, however, you photograph humanity.’ Catherine Leroy refused to view war from a safe distance. With her camera, she sought out the place where fear, concern and duty converge. Not to dramatize violence, but to show its impact on people. This blog follows her radical choice to get close to the action — and the images that resulted from it.
Lee Miller's world was turned upside down by World War II, changing her creative, cultural and rich existence among artists, journalists and writers. Yet she chose to use her talent as a photographer to give a voice to the voiceless victims of the war.
Inspired by the exhibition ‘Women at the Front Line’, this blog focuses on Gerda Taro, who photographed the Spanish Civil War up close. As she was active in an early pioneering period, her work is placed in the context of the first female (war) photographers.
This is my first blog post about the Women War Photographers exhibition that I saw at the Kunstmuseum in The Hague. It was impressive and shocking — when will war ever end? Never?
One of my poems was written during my cancer treatment. It explores what touches us, what endures, and how things take on new meaning when life comes to a halt.
Murals serve various purposes from art to activism. Historically significant, they have evolved from ancient cave paintings to African-American murals like those by Hale Woodruff and Aaron Douglas. Artists like Judith de Leeuw and Banksy continue this tradition with socially impactful works.