The Atlas Group, Walid Raad

openDemocracy, 12 February 2007
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How does one tell the story of war? Nominated for the 2007 Photography Prize, Walid Raad’s visual records of modern Lebanon attempt to address the issues of retelling and representing a bloody history.
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From the series We decided to let them say, "we are convinced," twice, 2002
photographed by Walid Raad, summer of 1982 during the Israeli Army’s invasion and the siege of Beirut.
© The Atlas Group/ Courtesy Anthony Reynolds Gallery, London

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From the series We decided to let them say, "we are convinced," twice, 2002
photographed by Walid Raad, summer of 1982 during the Israeli Army’s invasion and the siege of Beirut.
© The Atlas Group/ Courtesy Anthony Reynolds Gallery, London

The Atlas Group is one of four projects nominated for the 2007 Photography Prize. Presented by The Photographers’ Gallery, the nominated works will be exhibited in London, 9 February - 9 April 2007, the winner will be announced on 21 March 2007. For more information, click here.

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