October 24, 2006
Stereotypes of War:
A Photographic Investigation by Jens Liebchen
Jens Liebchen, a young photographer from Germany, has already published several small, clever photobooks that are beautifully designed visual musings, often paired with thought-provoking philosophical texts.
In this one, DL07 stereotypes of war, a photographic investigation, he has constructed a series of black-and-white photos of a city under seige – menacing helicopters buzzing abandoned buildings, furtive figures scrambling down deserted streets, smoke-filled skylines, blood-stained walls and sidewalks, too-young children armed with machine guns… Yet he took all of these photos in a city (Tirana, Albania) while it was at peace.
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Jens Liebchen discussed this book with Jim Casper in an interview conducted via email:
Publishing a work as a book offers additional layers to put in information, by means of graphic design corresponding to the subject, by presenting the photographs in a special order and of course by using different sizes of reproduction. In this respect a book could work in a way like a movie. DL07 starts with the most obvious and direct image, a soldier with a gun on top of a stairway, but having seen that image makes it possible to understand the second image with the little helicopter: You are already intrigued.
review: http://www.lensculture.com/jens.html
*more photos from DL07 Stereotypes of War: http://www.heckenhauer.net/ga/de/kuenstler/liebchen/index.html
(click DL07 link on left)
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Posted by Stubbornson at October 24, 2006 07:34 AM