 Fazel Sheikh
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Fazel Sheikh, photographe américano-pakistanais né à New York, retrace à travers ses portraits l'histoire tragique de réfugiés établis temporairement dans différents pays et victimes des guerres civiles. Un témoignage qu'il nous livre dans une série de projets dont le but est d'attirer l'attention sur la question des droits de l'homme dans le monde :
"A Camel for the Son", un témoignage sur la violence endurée par les femmes somaliennes réfugiées au nord-est du Kenya, qui se reg...
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Fazal Sheikh retrospective on the work of American photographer
This fall Huis Marseille will be presenting, for the first time, a large retrospective on the work of American photographer Fazal Sheikh (New York, 1965). Sheikh is no stranger to the Netherlands. In his previous exhibitions held at the Nederlands Fotomuseum (1997, 2001) and during the photograhy festival Noorderlicht (1997), he showed his impressive portraits of homeless people and refugees in...
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Tokyo photo 2009 Japan's first art fair dedicated to still photography
TOKYO PHOTO 2009 endeavors to be the foremost art fair of photography in Japan. The venue is located in the heart of international business and culture in Tokyo. To be held from September 4 to 6, Tokyo Photo 2009 will provide visitors with a unique opportunity to see and buy a wide range of photographic works from vintage prints to cutting-edge digitally enhanced images.
With the...
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Darkside, Vol. 2: Photographic Power and Photographed Violence, Disease and Death
Following the survey of photographed sexuality and lust in Darkside I, the other end of the physical spectrum is illuminated: the intimate affinity between death and photography – impairment, disease, degeneration, violence and death, pain, grief and loss. Recording death is, along with war reporting, one of photography’s original tasks. Pictures of horror are often shocking and yet...
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DARK SIDE 2 - Photographic Power and Violence, Disease and Death Photographed
Following the investigation of photographed sexuality and desire in Darkside I, Fotomuseum Winterthur focuses now on the other extreme of the bodily spectrum, charting the path from the body as a veritable ‘picture of health’ to the body injured, disfigured or mutilated, in decline and decay. This raises questions: Why is there an intimate affinity between photography and death? Why...
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Deutsche Börse Photography Prize 2008
The Photography Prize worth £30,000 is awarded annually to an international photographer who is judged to have made the greatest contribution to photography over the previous year. This year's finalists are John Davies (UK), Jacob Holdt (Denmark), Esko Männikkö (Finland) and Fazal Sheikh (USA). Founded in 1996, the Photography Prize has become one of the most prestigious interna...
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Fazal Sheikh Moksha & Ladli
Moksha, « le paradis »
Depuis 500 ans, la ville sainte de Vrindavan, dans le nord de l'Inde, est un refuge pour les veuves indiennes dépossédées de tout. Rejetées par leur famille et condamnées par la stricte loi martiale qui nie tous leurs droits, certaines décident de rejoindre Vrindavan dans des conditions difficiles, parfois au péril de leur vie. Leur rêve le plus cher est d'at...
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FAZAL SHEIKH, LAURÉAT DU PRIX HCB 2005
Le 6 juin dernier, suite aux délibérations qui se sont tenues à la Fondation Henri Cartier-Bresson à Paris, le jury du prix Henri Cartier-Bresson 2005 a désigné Fazal Sheikh pour ses projets « Moksha » et « Girl-Child », témoignages sur la condition féminine en Inde aujourd'hui. Sa candidature était présentée par le Fotomuseum Winterthur.
Décerné tous les deux ans par...
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