Photobook Talk: Cengiz Yar + Victor J. Blue

Bronx Documentary Center

Cengiz Yar joins Victor J. Blue for a discussion on his debut photobook 'This Alabaster Grave'.

Bronx Documentary Center Annex

📍 Please note: Due to expected attendance, this event has been moved to the <a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/Bronx+Documentary+Center+Annex/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0xb7bb4b186cc4dfe5?sa=X&amp;ved=1t:2428&amp;ictx=111" title="https://www.google.com/maps/place/Bronx+Documentary+Center+Annex/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0xb7bb4b186cc4dfe5?sa=X&amp;ved=1t:2428&amp;ictx=111" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">BDC Annex</a>, located across the street from our 614 Courtlandt Ave gallery. Seating is limited and available on a first come, first served basis. Photographer and editor Cengiz Yar presents his first monograph This Alabaster Grave in conversation with photojournalist Victor J. Blue.Yar's photobook explores the overwhelming destruction and pain faced by the Iraqi city of Mosul, within the context of its history and unique, now largely ruined, architecture. It questions the cost of the fight against ISIS and the global war on terror with a focus on the lives and city that bore the brunt of its destructive force. The photographs were made between 2015 and 2023.The book includes a foreword from<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/by/azmat-khan" title="https://www.nytimes.com/by/azmat-khan" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer"> Azmat Khan</a>, an essay by<a href="http://www.campbellmacdiarmid.com/" title="http://www.campbellmacdiarmid.com/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer"> Campbell MacDiarmid</a>, and a pullout map. It is designed by<a href="https://koxvold.com/" title="https://koxvold.com/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer"> Jason Koxvold</a> of<a href="https://gnomicbook.com/" title="https://gnomicbook.com/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer"> Gnomic Book</a> and written in both English and Arabic. Learn about the photobook <a href="https://www.cengizyar.com/" title="https://www.cengizyar.com/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">here</a>. 🎟 This event is free and open to all. RSVPs are not required, but appreciated. Seating is first come, first served.

Cengiz Yar (<a href="https://www.instagram.com/cengizyar/?hl=en" title="https://www.instagram.com/cengizyar/?hl=en" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">@cengizya</a>) is a documentary photographer and editor based in El Paso, Texas. He has worked in visual journalism for over a decade, from reporting in the field to building groundbreaking online packages. He is the inaugural recipient of the James Foley Award for Conflict Reporting, a Pulitzer Prize finalist, and a Dart Center Ochberg Fellow in Journalism and Trauma.

Victor J. Blue (<a href="https://www.instagram.com/victorblue" title="https://www.instagram.com/victorblue" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">@victorblue</a>) is a photojournalist whose work is most often concerned with the legacy of armed conflict, human rights and the protection of civilian populations, and unequal outcomes resulting from policy and politics. His work from around the world has appeared in The New York Times, The New Yorker, Harper’s Magazine, New York Times Magazine, Bloomberg Businessweek and leading publications from around the world.

The Bronx Documentary Center’s programming is made possible by the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs and the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature.

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