- Venue
- Artland Gallery
- Starts
- Thursday, January 29, 2009
- Ends
- Saturday, March 14, 2009
- Address
- Friends Meeting House, 6 Mount Street, Manchester, M2 5NS
- Location
- North West England
Photographs by Christoph BangertArtland, Manchester’s newest independent gallery, is hosting a major exhibition of war photography from Iraq by award winning New York Times photographer Christoph Bangert. This is the first time that Bangert’s collection, which has received great critical acclaim, has been shown in the UK. Bangert is one of the very few Western photographers to stay the distance in Iraq during some of its bloodiest and most terrifying periods. The result is a series of extraordinary and shocking images. German born Bangert was still in photography school when the Iraq war started. He began his assignment for the New York Times there in the Spring of 2005, when the Iraqi insurgency and sectarian violence reached its peak. Westerners were kidnapped and beheaded, and most foreign journalists had left the country. Bangert stayed for a total of nine months, long after many Western photographers and journalists had left. He has also worked in Palestine, Japan, Chad/Darfur, Afghanistan, Indonesia, Lebanon, Nigeria and Zimbabwe. Curated by James WalmsleyArtland Gallery gratefully acknowledges the support of the Arts Council, England. Christoph Bangert will discuss his work at a special event held at the Victoria Suite at the Midland Hotel on January 29th at 7pm. Tickets £3, sold at the door as donation to Stop the War Coalition.Please ring 07747 045986 to book your place.
