Geert Van Kesteren Why Mister, Why? by Michael Hirsh ISBN 13: 9789085460091

Artimo, 2004. paperback. near fine. 6 3/4 x 8 1/2 " Foreword by Jan Gruiters, introduction by Michael Hirsh. photography by Geert van Kesteren, Texts by Michael Hirsh & Geer van Kesteren. some of the text is in Arabic, nearly all in English. first page has vertical crease. disturbing photographic text of war in Iraq.

(VAN KESTEREN, GEERT). van Kesteren, Geert & Michael Hirsh. Foreword by Jan Gruiters. WHY MISTER, WHY? GEERT VAN KESTEREN, IRAQ 2003-2004. Amsterdam, THE NETHERLANDS: Artimo, 2004. First Edition. 8vo. Pictorial Wrappers. Photography Monograph. Fine. np (544pp), 245 color illustrations. Text in English and Arabic. "Why Mister, Why?" is a compelling account from Dutch photojournalist Geert van Kesteren. For the most part of 2003 and into 2004, van Kesteren made these images in a struggling Iraq, intertwining them with his personal experience of the situation in diary-like notes. In that way, this body of work resonates with an honesty found only when the narrator and photographer of a story are one and the same. The situation in Iraq, following the declaration of "mission accomplished," represented a culture clash of rare proportions, and van Kesteren was witness to what went wrong. He saw clouds of sadness coming from the mass graves created by the Saddam regime, while… Read More