The analogy between giving birth and the rescue operation of the Chilean miners was self-evidential. The Chilean president spoke about the miners being released from the ‘belly’ of the earth. Commentators also made the parallel to the biblical figure of Jonah reborn from the belly of a whale. These parallels might have been further provoked…
Ryuji Miyamoto, Cardboard Houses, Tokyo, 20th April 1994. Tokyo is a city made for the homeless. In the winter, it rarely gets below freezing and the summers are hot and humid. The infrastructure of the city supplies abundant opportunities for shelter, whether its under a bridge, along the rivers or in the parks. Even the…
Uwe Barschel at the Hotel Beau-Rivage, Geneva, 11th of October, 1987. Let me introduce you to one of the most iconic photographs of post-war Germany: the politician Uwe Barschel found dead in a bathtub in a hotel in Geneva. I was nine years old when this photograph was imprinted in my memory. It was taken…