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Witness Number 8
Ed Kashi JGS: Witness Number 8 - Photojournalisms
Ed Kashi is an award-winning photojournalist, filmmaker and educator dedicated to documenting the social and political issues that define our times. A sensitive eye and an intimate relationship to his subjects are signatures of his work. As a member of the prestigious photo agency VII, Kashi has been recognized for his complex imagery and its compelling rendering of the human condition. For his contribution to the JGS series 'Witness', Kashi has delivered a powerful and deeply moving view into his world and career. 'As a photojournalist who travels extensively around the world, home for me has always been a shifting term, with shifting people and shifting objects vying for my attention. Upon meeting Julie Winokur in 1992, that dynamic was forever altered. When we married in 1994, a pattern of recording journals addressed to Julie was already firmly established. In keeping with the changing times, what began as paper journals was replaced with daily emails by 2000. Encompassing nearly 20 years, this book is a selection of these journal entries from various locations around the world written for my wife. (...) The very act of creating this book touches upon my desire to reach out to others and to report on issues throughout the world. I am constantly looking for ways to expand the conversation of my work and the medium of photojournalism; to ultimately broaden the ways in which we tell stories and share our personal feelings. In a sense, this book is a different way to look at the world using both internal and external impressions, words and images. The depth of my feelings, touched so deeply and so often by the realities I witness, are the testimony I want this collection to reveal.' Ed Kashi.
Ed Kashi is an award-winning photojournalist, filmmaker and educator dedicated to documenting the social and political issues that define our times. A sensitive eye and an intimate relationship to his subjects are signatures of his work. As a member of the prestigious photo agency VII, Kashi has been recognized for his complex imagery and its compelling rendering of the human condition. For his contribution to the JGS series 'Witness', Kashi has delivered a powerful and deeply moving view into his world and career. 'As a photojournalist who travels extensively around the world, home for me has always been a shifting term, with shifting people and shifting objects vying for my attention. Upon meeting Julie Winokur in 1992, that dynamic was forever altered. When we married in 1994, a pattern of recording journals addressed to Julie was already firmly established. In keeping with the changing times, what began as paper journals was replaced with daily emails by 2000. Encompassing nearly 20 years, this book is a selection of these journal entries from various locations around the world written for my wife. (...) The very act of creating this book touches upon my desire to reach out to others and to report on issues throughout the world. I am constantly looking for ways to expand the conversation of my work and the medium of photojournalism; to ultimately broaden the ways in which we tell stories and share our personal feelings. In a sense, this book is a different way to look at the world using both internal and external impressions, words and images. The depth of my feelings, touched so deeply and so often by the realities I witness, are the testimony I want this collection to reveal.' Ed Kashi.
88 pages, Hardcover
First published August 6, 2012
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August 15, 2015
I sat to read his book, ....and in 2 hours I completed it. In tears, mostly...
He beautifully wrote love letters to his gf, who he marries and has 2 kids with. Sharing this in the book, he writes to her during his travels his thoughts, dreams, and aspirations along his journey. It's endearing to show us how they've been together from the beginning... supportive.
Julie's replies (Ed's wife) only proves how the battles, and fears you have with yourself, are much stronger than having with a partner. This book is a diary, a photo journal, and a MUST read for photographers to have as an inspiration. Thank you Ed & Julie!
He beautifully wrote love letters to his gf, who he marries and has 2 kids with. Sharing this in the book, he writes to her during his travels his thoughts, dreams, and aspirations along his journey. It's endearing to show us how they've been together from the beginning... supportive.
Julie's replies (Ed's wife) only proves how the battles, and fears you have with yourself, are much stronger than having with a partner. This book is a diary, a photo journal, and a MUST read for photographers to have as an inspiration. Thank you Ed & Julie!
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