A stunning series of photographs more powerful than words. During the summer of 2011, armed with a camera and a map, award-winning Canadian filmmaker and photographer Afzal Huda set out to chronicle the Separation Wall in Palestine. His aim was to magnify the ugly face of the Wall and depict the contradictions and hardships endured by human beings living under a military occupation. He was intent on showing the world what it was like to live in an open air prison and how Palestinians have developed ways to cope with the Wall’s existence. Afzal spent three weeks doing just that: visiting all the Palestinian areas along the Wall and interviewing people young and old from all walks of life. But instead of the overwhelming reality of misery and suffering he had witnessed with his own eyes, his camera caught images of a contrasting nature: photos of people and faces of compassion, perseverance and hope rarely seen in mainstream media’s usual portrayal of Palestinians. The resulting book-conceived and beautifully designed by Waleed Abu-Ghazaleh-is a powerful photo journal that depicts the humanity of a resilient people.
Selected work from the book is featured on Afzal Huda’s website:
Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Love-Wins-Palestinian-Perseverance-Behind
http://afzalhuda.com/lovewins/
Earlier Afzal Huda at Ismailimail:
Afzal Huda – Creative Director, Humanitarian Photographer, Filmmaker
Afzal Huda: Top 30 Under 30
Afzal Huda – first winner of the Innovative Storytellers Award
Ismailis in the News: Afzal Huda – Award-winning Filmmaker and a Photojournalist
