Auction for Gaza !

We are pleased to announce that Hilde Honerud is offering this work from the 2009 series ‘What do you want to be when you grow up? ’for a joint auction to help the organisation Doctors without Borders which works with the people of Gaza.

We included this picture in our second issue, the series showing Palestinian children in Ramallah. Susanne Østby Sæther wrote this on the work in 2010: 'The children are photographed frontally and outdoord … in one of the few green areas on the outskirts of the city. The portraits show the children in motion, neatly dressed in casual clothes, often smiling … It is as if they were photographed before or after the actual portrait. In recent decades, the portrait genre in photography has been characterised by a neutral, registering gaze on the subject. By breaking with this expression, Honerud's images reveal an intimacy between photographer and sitter. The encounter between them is not primarily photographic, but the result of a relationship over time. The title suggests a future perspective and emphasises the closeness between the sitters and the viewer.’

The title of the work is inspired by the words of Jan Egeland, Secretary General of the Norwegian Refugee Council, who on several occasions has described how he often asks children what they want to be when they grow up. The children often answer that they want to be doctors, journalists and businessmen. 'If they lose hope, I'm afraid they will answer that they want to be a soldier, a member of the military, a terrorist or an extremist.’ (from K7 Bulletin).

Instead of our usual riso prints, we are offering this work framed. Analog 4x5, inkjet print, mounted on capa. 121,5 x 95 cm. (With frame* 127x100 cm) 5+2 ap.

* There is a small dent on the frame.