"The Book of Destruction" Gaza 2010 Part1

"The Book of Destruction" shows the damage in Gaza one year after the 2009 war. It consist of two parts, destroyed buildings and destroyed people. The photographs were taken between November 2009 and May 2010.
The book is published by Steidl ISBN 978-3-86930-207-2. Size 31x22ccm, 160pages, 95 color photographs, 34Euros.

The photographs were taken in three months in the Gaza Strip between November 2009 and May 2010.
The production of the photographs, exhibition and accompanying book was made possible by the generous fundung of the Carmignac Gestion Foundation
in the framework of the Carmignac Gestion Photojournalism Award 2009.

For further information on the Gaza war read the summary or the full version of
the Report of the United Nations Fact Finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict
as known as Goldstone Report.

You can find it on the website of the UN Human Rights Council:

http://www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/hrcouncil/specialsession/9/FactFindingMi...

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[italia981]

Dear fotokw,

I have only one advice. In your description of the video, you wrote 2009 Gaza "War". There was no "war". It was a massacre. Whenever you say, Gaza "war", you become agents of Israeli propaganda. I suggest you change that in your video description.

[huntertristan]

this is totally depressing.

[99N92]

Very powerful and moving photos. It's so sad. Thank you for this.