Edition Lammerhuber publishes the illustrated book 'AND GOD CREATED WAR' by multiple award-winning photographer Noël Quidu about 30 years of war with harsh and startling images
“Never before in the history of photography has there been such a book, an extraordinary document. No other photographer that I know of has reported on so many conflicts in such an incorruptible and incomparable way,” says Cyril Drouhet from Figaro magazine. This book sheds light on the period from the dissolution of the Soviet Union until today. 30 years shaped by war. Afghanistan, Lebanon, Iraq, Chechnya, Israel, Rwanda, Congo, Chad, South Africa, Haiti, Liberia, Indonesia, Cambodia, Nepal, Ukraine, Pakistan, Syria...
In times of war, all restraints collapse, and people are swept up in a wave of hatred, violence and fear. Many fervently invoke a one and only, true, almighty, infallible God. But, where amidst this bloodlust frenzy can he or she or it be found, this one and only God who represents peace? This book delivers an unsparing picture of all the madness that people are capable of who carry their convictions like a banner before them. The photographs by Noël Quidu show us the possible consequences of political, economic and religious decisions. They reflect the arbitrary behavior of those who steer the fate of whole nations.
The International Court of Justice, which large powers have given themselves, is losing membership states and is beginning to resemble a holding company pursuing well understood interests. Horror and destruction drive millions of people to flee to Europe, which appears to them as a paradise, a paradise that in turn looks at this phenomenon with suspicion while becoming a target of Islamist attacks itself – all caught in a vicious cycle.
NOËL QUIDU is a major French photojournalist. He is self-taught and has been a long-standing member of Gamma agency. Noël Quidu has reported from almost every conflict zone in the world: Afghanistan, Lebanon, Iraq, former Yugoslavia, Chechnya, Albania, Israel, Palestine, Rwanda, Congo, Chad, South Africa, Ivory Coast, Haiti, Liberia, Indonesia, Cambodia, Nepal, Ukraine, or Pakistan. He is a three-time winner of the World Press Photo Award.
CYRIL DROUHET is a historian, passionate journalist and Director of Photography at Le Figaro magazine as well as the curator of the Festival Photo La Gacilly, the largest outdoor photography festival in Europe, which attracts more than 350,000 visitors each year. Until 2002, Drouhet was Director of news agency Gamma, where he worked closely with Noël Quidu.
AND GOD CREATED WAR Noël Quidu, Cyril Drouhet, 24 x 33.3 cm, 272 pages, 142 photos
German, English, French, hardcover, ISBN 978-3-903101-67-8, EUR 59.00
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Photographer NOËL QUIDU
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Exceptional photography is not only found in the books of Edition Lammerhuber but also in a photo competition jointly initiated in Vienna in 2013 by Edition Lammerhuber and the Photographische Gesellschaft. Under the general heading What Does Peace Look Like? , the Alfred Fried Photography Award, worth 10 000 euros, chooses the peace image of the year. Participation in the award has exploded in recent years, confirming the status of photography as a medium for transporting essential socio-political themes. From 2017, a separate competition for the peace image of the year is open to children up to the age of 14.
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