Acknowledgements
I would like to thank all of the people who offered me their portraits with an open and direct gaze. It has been a privilege to meet them. The extraordinary help of Ahmad Sub Laban and Talia Rosin made this book possible. I thank them for helping me to understand the region better, and for their belief in the possibility of working together.
On the night before I was to make the portrait of Reuven Pedatzur, he lost his life in a tragic road accident. In a region that has offered me so much open compassion during the years of travel and research, I would like to remember Reuven here, and to thank his family—his wife Tamar, and his daughters Arielle and Alma—who opened their home to me, as did so many others.
Independence | Nakba is part of The Erasure Trilogy by Fazal Sheikh
Major support for The Erasure Trilogy has been
generously provided by:
Gerhard Steidl, Jane Watkins, George Foundation, Switzerland
First print edition published 2015. Digital edition published 2021
For the print edition:
© 2015 Fazal Sheikh for the images and texts
© 2015 Steidl Publishers for the print edition
Book design: Fazal Sheikh with Duncan Whyte
Scans and
separations: Judith Lange, Steidl’s digital darkroom
Production
and printing: Steidl, Göttingen
www.steidl.de
ISBN 978-3-86930-805-0
For the digital edition:
© 2015 Fazal Sheikh for the images
and texts
Consulting and layout: Balz Lendorff
Web development:
Raphael Graf, Amaro Koberle
Image adjustment: Tibor
Shläpfer
Text editor: Liz Jobey
Design consultant:
Duncan Whyte
Website by Balton, Zurich
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