Overview participating exhibitions
Warzone
2010
Warzone
Balazs Gardi
THE VALLEY (Afghanistan, 2007)
In 2007 the Korengal Valley was one of the deadliest places on earth for American troops. This pass in north-east Afghanistan, several kilometres long, is ringed by steep mountains. The permanent presence of hostile fighters makes confrontations unavoidable: nearly a fifth of all fire-fights in Afghanistan take place in this valley – and three-quarters of all the bombs NATO drops are dropped there. Balazs Gardi joined the American troops and photographed the fighting.
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THE VALLEY (Afghanistan, 2007)
In 2007 the Korengal Valley was one of the deadliest places on earth for American troops. This pass in north-east Afghanistan, several kilometres long, is ringed by steep mountains. The permanent presence of hostile fighters makes confrontations unavoidable: nearly a fifth of all fire-fights in Afghanistan take place in this valley – and three-quarters of all the bombs NATO drops are dropped there. Balazs Gardi joined the American troops and photographed the fighting.
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THE VALLEY (Afghanistan, 2007)
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THE VALLEY (Afghanistan, 2007)
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THE VALLEY (Afghanistan, 2007)
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THE VALLEY (Afghanistan, 2007)
Beyond Walls
2008
Beyond Walls
Balazs Gardi
GYPSIES (Romania, Bulgaria, Hungary, Albania, Kosovo, 2005-2006)
Several decades ago nomadic gypsies were still to be found throughout Europe. Today their numbers have declined dramatically and their territory is limited. The change in their situation came with the disappearance of the Iron Curtain. Since then the relatively prosperous Roma and other gypsy groups have fallen into extreme poverty. Ecological, economic and political factors threaten their traditional romantic existence. As a result of discrimination, inadequate schooling and the disappearance of state-owned industrial and agricultural businesses, East European gypsies are faced with massive unemployment, health problems, illiteracy and poor living conditions. Many try to keep their head above water by begging, low-paid jobs and traditional gypsy professions such as wood carving and fortune telling.
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GYPSIES (Romania, Bulgaria, Hungary, Albania, Kosovo, 2005-2006)
Several decades ago nomadic gypsies were still to be found throughout Europe. Today their numbers have declined dramatically and their territory is limited. The change in their situation came with the disappearance of the Iron Curtain. Since then the relatively prosperous Roma and other gypsy groups have fallen into extreme poverty. Ecological, economic and political factors threaten their traditional romantic existence. As a result of discrimination, inadequate schooling and the disappearance of state-owned industrial and agricultural businesses, East European gypsies are faced with massive unemployment, health problems, illiteracy and poor living conditions. Many try to keep their head above water by begging, low-paid jobs and traditional gypsy professions such as wood carving and fortune telling.
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GYPSIES (Romania, Bulgaria, Hungary, Albania, Kosovo, 2005-2006)
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GYPSIES (Romania, Bulgaria, Hungary, Albania, Kosovo, 2005-2006)
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GYPSIES (Romania, Bulgaria, Hungary, Albania, Kosovo, 2005-2006)
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GYPSIES (Romania, Bulgaria, Hungary, Albania, Kosovo, 2005-2006)
Biography
Balazs Gardi (Hungary, 1975) is a photographer who works independently, and devotes his work to recording communities that are subject to stress. He shows the struggle for existence in slums, refugee camps and war zones, where people seek to build lives under the most extreme circumstances. At the moment Gardi is working on a project in which he is investigating geopolitical conflicts around the issue of water.
