"This Place": photos of Israel and the West Bank

With his photo project "This Place", Frederic Brenner sought to provide a different insight into Israel and the West Bank. As part of the project, 12 international photographers present landscape and portrait photos that aim to contribute to the observer's understanding of the conflict region. The exhibition runs at the Dox Center for Contemporary Art in Prague until 3 March 2015. By Felix Koltermann

  • Gilles Peress, Silwan, East Jerusalem, near Ras al-Amud, 2011 (photo: © Gilles Peress)
  • Frederic Brenner, The Hatuel Family, 2012 (photo: © Frederic Brenner)
    In his project, the French photographer and initiator of "This Place", Frederic Brenner, combines portraits of families and individuals with landscape photography. His monograph "The Architecture of Fear and Desire" is published by Mack Books in London.
  • Wendy Ewald, A Picture at Home … Amal, 2013 (photo: © Wendy Ewald)
    Over the course of a number of years, the American photographer Wendy Ewald held participative photography workshops with groups of different ages in Israel and the West Bank. A monograph of her work entitled "This Is Where I Live" will be published by Mack Books in April 2015.
  • (photo: © Martin Kollar)
    The Czech filmmaker Martin Kollar assembled images from military training camps and research facilities in Israel to create strange, dream-like sequences of pictures. An artist book entitled "Field Trip" is available from Mack Books in London.
  • Shu'fat refugee camp, overlooking Al 'Isawiya, East Jerusalem, 2009 (photo: © Josef Koudelka / Magnum Photos)
    In his photographs, the Czech artist Joseph Koudelka examines the separation barrier between Israel and the West Bank, which he depicts in rough-grained, black-and-white panorama shots. His book "Wall" is published by Aperture in New York.
  • Jungjin Lee, Unnamed Road 003, 2011 (photo: © Jungjin Lee)
    The Korean photographer Jungjin Lee depicts the landscape of the region in alienated, large-format panorama pictures. Her book "Unnamed Road" was published last November by Mack Books in London.
  • Gilles Peress, Silwan, East Jerusalem, near Ras al-Amud, 2011 (photo: © Gilles Peress)
    For "This Place", the French documentary photographer Gilles Peress, who has an in-depth knowledge of the region, focussed on documenting the daily life of Palestinians in the district of Silwan in East Jerusalem. A monograph of his work is planned for 2015.
  • Fazal Sheikh, From the Desert Bloom series, 2011, © Fazal Sheikh
    The American photographer Fazal Sheikh photographed the Negev desert in southern Israel from the air for his monumental project "Desert Bloom". His pictures map the incursions of the local population into the landscape. "The Erasure Trilogy", the monograph on his project, will be published by Steidl Verlag in 2015.
  • Stephen Shore, Hebron, 2011, © Stephen Shore
    For "This Place", the legendary American photographer Stephen Shore focussed on urban spaces and the landscape in Israel and the West Bank. His monograph on the project, "From Galilee to the Negev", is published by Phaidon in New York.
  • Rosalind Solomon, Jerusalem, 2011, © Rosalind Solomon
    The American photographer Rosalind Solomon, at 80 the oldest participant in the project, travelled across Israel and the West Bank by bus in search of motifs for her portrait series. Her monograph, entitled "Them", is published by Mack Books in London.
  • Thomas Struth, Basilica of the Annunciation, Nazareth, 2014, © Thomas Struth
    In his project, the German artist Thomas Struth combines large-format landscape pictures with interior photos, both of places of religious significance and of Israel's high-tech research landscape. His accompanying monograph is published by Mack Books in London.
  • Nick Waplington, © Nick Waplington
    The English photographer Nick Waplington's contribution to the project consists of an archive of portraits and landscape photos from Jewish settlements in the West Bank. His monograph "Settlement" is published by Mack Books in London.