A Different Viewpoint, Golan Heights, Israel 2010, by Beth A. Gilbert
Hey, Hot Shot! First Edition 2012 Contender Beth A. Gilbert
Contender Beth A. Gilbert spent six months in Israel in 2010 as part of her artist in residency in Jerusalem. During that time, she turned her large-format camera on the war-ravaged lands and ruins. The resulting images in Scarred Land “deal with war, the damage it inflicts upon the terrain and the natural recovery over time,” Gilbert explains. She adds, “The battle sites and military training zones depicted have not been memorialized or preserved by human beings, and are now naturally recovering, as well as being reclaimed by the earth.” Read more…
