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Meriam Jelliti
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THE World Innovation Summit for Health (WISH) recently brought award-winning British humanitarian photographer Giles Duley to showcase his works at an exhibition at Fire Station titled ‘Artistic dimensions to a healthier world’.
The exhibition focuses on the relationship between art and health, highlighting the long-term impact of war on people.
In an interview with Qatar Tribune, Duley expressed his excitement over exhibiting his works for the first time in Qatar. “This is my first opportunity to share my works with people in Doha and it is a great experience. I try to tell stories through my photographs in order to engage people. There is no point in taking pictures if no one sees them.”
Duley said that while taking pictures, his primary concern is to capture the right moment and therefore, he studies the place first. “When I go to a place, I always spend the first week watching, with my camera in my bag. I observe everything. Every place has its own rhythm,” he explained.
Duley underlined the importance of respecting people’s privacy and taking pictures only after taking them in confidence. “I build connections with people first before taking their photographs, because there is nothing worse than photographing someone in their bad moments, which can upset them. It’s about respecting the person that I’m photographing,” he noted.
Duley said the photograph of Kholud and Jamal is his favourite at the outdoor exhibition as it expresses pure love. “Kholud lying paralysed on her bed and Jamal holding her hands in the tent speaks volumes about the misery, but more importantly, it expresses love in its purest form,” he said.
He added: “When you look at my photographs you don’t see pictures of war, you see couples, relationships and injured people, and that is what I focus on in these terrible situations.”
Duley himself was a victim of a conflict that caused him the loss of 3 limbs, which helped him feel others’ pain more acutely and help them by telling their stories.
Duley expressed his hope for more future collaborations with WISH in Qatar and praised it for an initiative like this involving healthcare and art.
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09/10/2019
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