"Tachles, It's hard to believe, but I used to have my own airport."
2003-2006
2003-2006
Curator's Statement:
Alex's long-term photographic project at the abandoned airport, Qalandia (Hebrew: Atarot), between Jerusalem and Ramallah, is of special interest for me. Since the time of the outbreak of second Intifada the airport in process of erosion and weathering. As I see it, this facility is a giant metaphor for the reality prevailing in our region.
"An airport without airplanes becomes a living dead... The concrete track gets green pastures and flowering. Packs of street dogs - like a passengers who missed the last plane - running, barking. British, Arabs, Jews... this airfield runaway knew better days." As Alex puts it.
He used the camera as a critical analytical tool. Through observation and interpretation he analyses complex system of power relations that affect our perception of social reality. All this in order to raise questions that encourages the viewer to exercise discretion in relation to his or her position on issues at hand.
Yossi Nahmias
my four-legged loved one... Styopa - for you
Atarot Airport. The main entrance to the terminal building / 6x4.5 / 100x70cm / נמל התעופה עטרות. כניסה ראשית לטרמינל
35mm / 50x70 cm Emergency entrance to the airfield / 35mm / 50x70 cm / כניסת חירום לשדה התעופה
Atarot Airport. The Runway / 6x4.5 / 100x50cm / נמל התעופה עטרות. מסלול המראה
Atarot Airport. The terminal building / 6x4.5 / 100x70cm / נמל התעופה עטרות. הטרמינל
Security Guard sleeping in the terminal /35mm / 50x70 cm / מאבטח ישן בטרמינל
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