The Art of Disappearing

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Photographer

Harry Fisch - Hong Hu Yu
Prize

2nd Place / Fine Art/Other
Jury Top 5 Selection

A really clever concept and a beautifully produced series. The text and the images working so well together to get the message over. This is important work, it’s doing a job.

This series is simply gorgeous and makes me want to see more.
Date of Photograph

2016
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https://harry-fisch-pgu1.squarespace.com/

The Art of Disappearing tries to bring awareness of the languid evanescence of the Arbore tribe in Ethiopia where their last 2,300 members are currently living. The modernization of the roads and the easier access of visitors is changing their way of life. The series presented is a small part of a larger on-going work where the artist tries to reveal to the viewer the underlying threat that the Arbores are facing while they are adapting to this new situation. The text on the images is there to portray the conflicting points of view of the visitors and the locals.

Biography

After years of traveling, Harry Fisch has come to the conclusion that technique and vision are indispensable tools, but that empathy, curiosity, pleasure through personal relationships are the determinants which enable photography to transmit so much more than a post card. A writer in different international photography publications, Harry Fisch's work has been published in various prestigious web photography sites such as Lens Culture, Maptia, Ephotozine, “La lettre de la photographie”, which was nominated best Blog of 2011 by the prestigious magazine LIFE.