At the cross-roads of civilisations, recent years Syria has experienced painful and tragic events. Palmyra, part of our heritage, common to East and West, is a martyred symbol of it. When he was invited to the Aleppo Festival of Photography in 2002, Michel Eisenlohr decided to undertake his journey from Marseille. Like writers who made their “Journey to the East” in the nineteenth century, he was apprehensive about this region during the trip. Aleppo, ancient villages, Damascus and finally Palmyra and the desert. With a travel diary, an analogue camera and a preference for black and white. This previously unpublished account, to be introduced in June 2017 at the heart of the Glanum archaeological site and in the Hôtel de Sade, is a tribute to the beauty of this country and the people who built, loved and defended it; the pictures are accompanied by unpublished texts on the protection of Syria’s heritage.
Michel Eisenlohr, Palmyre, Alep, Damas: Images de Syrie
Published by Actes Sud
22€
http://www.actes-sud.fr/catalogue/photographie/palmyre-alep-damas
