Perfect Peace - The Palestinians from Intifada to Intifada
Kaï Wiedenhöfer
Lookat Photos / Rapho
For more than ten years, from 1990 to 2001, Kai Wiedenhöfer lived and photographed in the Israeli-occupied territories. He has learnt the Arabic language, taken a close look at the Middle East, and thoroughly tried to understand the mentality of its inhabitants.
It wasn’t long before the Palestinians called him Habib al-Shaab, friend of the people. They opened up toward him, and allowed him to gain an insight into a world which generally is reported about in stereotypes.
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Kai Wiedenhöfer's photographs show his closeness toward the human beings depicted. They tell about the everyday life of children, women and men, the victims and warriors of the Intifada, the dogged fight against the occupation. Perfect Peace expresses the hopes and disappointments in a region which can only find peace through mutual understanding.
Kai Wiedenhöfer, born in Germany in 1966, studied photojournalism at the Folkwang School in Essen and Arabic in Damascus, Syria. A photographer with Lookat Photos in Switzerland, he has worked in the Middle East since 1989. He has received numerous awards, most recently the Leica Medal of Excellence, the Alexia Grant and a World Press Award.
