Fine Print: Youth playing on the beach. Bizerte, Cap Zebib, Tunisia, 2023 Paper size:24 x 16 in (60 x 40 cm)

Fine Print: Youth playing on the beach. Bizerte, Cap Zebib, Tunisia, 2023 Paper size:24 x 16 in (60 x 40 cm)Zied Ben Romdhane, born in 1981 in Tunisia, shifted his focus to documentary photography in 2011. He published his first book, West of Life, in 2018 with Red Hook Editions. Ben Romdhanes work is centered around his native Tunisia. He delves into the socio political contrasts between inland regions and coastal areas, shedding light on how geography shapes these dynamics. He won the World Press Photo Prize in 2024, was selected for the 6X6 Global Talent

debunking the myth of America as a land of opportunity as he goes

a 'wandering beneath the unthinkable' to use the words of Hölderlin again

as Carole Naggar wrote of the vast body of work: “Bruno Barbey has started streamlining his subjects: the people and sites he photographs have become closer to abstractions

complemented by personal projects

helped in the creation of portraits that went beyond the usual “glamour shots

Twiggy is captured here against a stark black backdrop that allows her iconic features to take centre-stage

The book’s mode of organization is influenced by collage

forming a tight circle that suggests both secrecy and connection

who served an impoverished community of 10

joined him in documenting a year in the life of a small Methodist chapel

The body of work Time of Change

and get the hell out of here while I still have the film