Locatie: Melkweg Galerie, Marnixstraat 409, Amsterdam
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The Purple Hearts project is een reeks fotografische portretten en interviews met Amerikaanse soldaten die gewond raakten in Irak. De portretten zijn genomen bij de soldaten thuis, in militaire ziekenhuizen en op legerbases. In een tijd dat de kloof tussen militair en civiel zo groot is en de dagelijkse realiteit van de oorlog zo onleesbaar lijkt, kan The Purple Hearts project in de gemeenschap bijdragen aan de bewustwording van de fysieke en psychologische problemen van de terugkerende veteranen. Ook geeft het project jonge mensen die een militaire carrière overwegen een soberder inzicht in de realiteit van oorlog.
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The Purple Hearts project is a series of photographic portraits and interviews with American soldiers who were wounded in Iraq. The portraits were taken in soldiers’ homes, in military hospitals and on Army bases. At a time when the military/civilian divide is so huge, and when the daily realities of war seem so obscured, The Purple Hearts project can bring needed awareness to communities about the physical and psychological problems of returning veterans. The project also gives young people who are considering military service as an employment option, a more sober understanding of the realities of war.fhdjak
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The Purple Hearts project is a series of photographic portraits and interviews with American soldiers who were wounded in Iraq. The portraits were taken in soldiers’ homes, in military hospitals and on Army bases. At a time when the military/civilian divide is so huge, and when the daily realities of war seem so obscured, The Purple Hearts project can bring needed awareness to communities about the physical and psychological problems of returning veterans. The project also gives young people who are considering military service as an employment option, a more sober understanding of the realities of war.fhdjak
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Nina Berman: “Since October 2003, I have been making portraits of American soldiers who were severely wounded in the Iraq War. I seek them out in their hometowns after they have been discharged from military hospitals. I photograph them alone, mainly in their rooms, which feel still and heavy. I avoid the homecoming parades, the purple hearts ceremonies, the yellow ribbons and events with politicians. I want to see the soldier alone in a quiet space, as each confronts his or her sacrifice and considers the experience of war and life ahead as disabled veterans. Before I photograph, I interview them and record these interviews. When seen together, the words and images create a complex, sometimes contradictory portrait of the cost of war. Meeting so many disabled young men and women was deeply disturbing to me. I felt responsible because they had fought in my name and I felt the reality of my own privilege.
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There is a curious divide between individuals who live the war each day – the soldiers and veterans, their families, the people of Iraq – and those for whom war is a distant incomprehensible abstraction. My intention with this work is to make that abstraction more intimately felt”.
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Nina Berman (born 1960) is a documentary photographer with a primary interest in the American political and social landscape. She is the author of two monographs Homeland and Purple Hearts - Back from Iraq, both published by Trolley. She is the recipient of numerous awards in art and journalism from Hasselblad (2009), World Press Photo Foundation (2007, 2005), New York Foundation for the Arts (2006) and the Open Society Institute (2005) among others. In 2009, she joined the NOOR photo collective based in Amsterdam. She lives in her hometown of New York City.
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BRON: MELKWEG
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BRON: MELKWEG
