Photographs by Kent Klich
Essay by Alison Jaber Wishah

Disturbingly beautiful images and gripping interviews show the annihilating effects of war through personal stories preserved on the pages of Gaza Photo Album. From the homely details: billowing, shredded curtains, chandeliers glittering in the rubble, a child’s bed in a bullet-pocketed alcove, an elegant upholstered chair standing alone in an emptied room, spring shadows of the relative peace before deadly hostilities tore apart the social fabric—yet again. It opens an intimate window into the psychology of devastation: families left homeless and broken after some of the latest attacks on one small symbolic piece of land at the very heart of the controversy in the Middle East.

ABOUT THE ARTIST
Kent Klich was born 1952 in Sweden. He studied psychology at the University of Gothenburg, and after earning his degree, worked with troubled adolescents before turning to photography. Collaborating with NGOs and international factfinders, Klich has worked since 2000 in Gaza to document visually the toll of civic unrest and war on people’s lives. Klich is the recipient of numerous awards and grants for his work in film, photography, books, and exhibitions, including important projects in the field of human rights such as Out of Sight, Out of Mind (2008) and Children of Ceausescu (2007).

ABOUT THE ESSAYIST
Human rights activist Jaber Wishah is the Deputy Director of the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) and has been an advocate for justice for many years. Born in al Bureij refugee camp, Wishah today works continually for equal justice for all and for greater democratic reforms across the world. He has written articles, given interviews, and shared personal memoirs discussing the changes needed to enact justice in Palestine.

Trade cloth / $40 USD
7.5″ x 10″ / 88 pages
46 Color
April 2010
ISBN: 978-1-884167-86-7