Anchor in the Landscape — Adam Broomberg & Rafael Gonzalez. Published by MACK.
Broomberg and Gonzalez’s portraits of ancient olive trees in the Occupied Territories of Palestine offer a poignant reminder of the resilience of the Palestinian people amidst the ongoing occupation and unabated devastation of the Gaza war. Symbolically charged, the scarred and gnarled trees reach upwards, rest amidst the rocks and against walls, and cling to the desert landscape below, while the GPS coordinates that title each image remind us that each tree is rooted in a precise spot and has likely been there for hundreds of years.
Adam Bell is a photographer, writer, and educator. He received his MFA from the School of Visual Arts, and his work has been exhibited and published internationally. His books include Vision Anew: The Lens and Screen Arts (2015) and The Education of a Photographer (2006), and his writing and reviews have appeared in numerous publications, including Afterimage, Aperture, FOAM Magazine, Paper Journal, photo-eye, The Photobook Review, and The Brooklyn Rail. He received a 2018 Individual Artist Fellowship from the New Jersey Council of the Arts and is on staff and faculty at the MFA Photography, Video, and Related Media Department at the School of Visual Arts in NYC.