1° Edition
Kai Wiedenhöfer
Gaza: The Book of Destruction
Kai Wiedenhöfer (1966 – 2024) was a German photographer. He received a MA in photography and editorial design from the Folkwang University of the Arts Essen and studied Arabic in Damascus, Syria. It was with deep sadness that the Fondation Carmignac learned in January 2024 his passing.
© Daniel Rosenthal
Kai, who shared with us his distress at the immobility of the conflicts he documented, dedicated his life to peace and the preservation of human dignity.
Since 1989, the focus of his work has been the Middle East. He has received numerous awards, including the Leica Medal of Excellence, the Alexia Grant for World Peace and Cultural Understanding, World Press Photo Awards, the Eugene Smith Grant in Humanistic Photography and the Carmignac Photojournalism Award.
He has published four books with Steidl “Perfect Peace“ (2002), “Wall“ (2007) and “The Book of Destruction“ (2010) which was exhibited as a solo exhibition in the Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, and a fourth volume, “CONFRONTIER“ about separation walls worldwide in 2013.
