The Settlements.

Photographs by Ken Taranto.

GOST BOOKS, London, England, 2021. English, 112 pp., 53 photographs, 9x12¼".

The Settlements is a topographical portrait of the architecture and landscape of the Jewish settlements in the West Bank. Taken over a period of four years, these black and white photographs reveal the genesis and evolution of the greater settlement project. Focused on the sharp contrast between the medium view from within the settlements and the broader view from their perimeters, the images belie the tense proximity of two peoples living on the same land.

This project developed out of the photographer's curiosity. He was not satisfied with the images of the settlements portrayed in the news. He wanted to know if the settlements were all alike. Were they indistinguishable or unique? And what did it feel like to stand on disputed ground?

Using a map of the settlement locations he visited over fifty communities in siz distinct regions in the West Bank - Shomron, Binyamin, Gush Etzion, East Jerusalem, the Jordan Valley and the Hebron Hills and a multitude of demographics - national religious, ultra-Orthodox, secular and mixed communities. There were small settlements with a few hundred residents, some with a few thousand, and others with many more. Some with private houses, some with trailers. And unofficial settlements, outposts with small populations and minimal infrastructure. All different.

Devoid of color and people The Settlements lays bare the roads, the hills, the fences, the houses, the land, the facts on the ground, a sense of place with unsettling ordinariness.

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