Photography
Killer Photos
The only professionally made images of an execution during the war in the former Yugoslavia have long been a subject of rumor and controversy. How did two young photographers from Belgrade come to document the brutal murder of prisoners? A three-year investigation tracked down the remaining witnesses.
The Limits of Literature
As new mass graves are exhumed in Sri Lanka, a journalist who spent years embedded with the Tamil Tigers surveys the works dealing with the country’s civil war and asks whether, between myth and memory, fiction and nonfiction, a narrative can ever be complete.
The American Dream 100 Years After the National Origins Act
Between 1905 and 1925, a clerk at Ellis Island took photographs of immigrants to the U.S. Today, the images created by Augustus Sherman are providing a point of departure for research and an inspiration for artworks.
Fouad Elkoury’s Photography Finds Poetry Amid Destruction
Finding liminal spaces in war, capturing a ray of light or an unexpected moment suspended in time, Fouad Elkoury’s unique style makes his photography timeless. He has retraced a historical journey in Egypt, documented his own loneliness during a trip to Turkey and found poetry amid chaos and destruction.
Preserving Iraqi Memories Through Immersive Virtual Reality
The virtual reality “House of Memory” created by the artist Basil Al-Rawi takes viewers on a journey through photos and memories of Iraq’s past, allowing the diaspora to share personal stories and reclaim their cultural heritage.