[New post] Molly Crabapple’s illustrations from Syria

sskarthik posted: "The illustrator collaborated with Syrian writer Marwan Hisham (a pseudonym), who sent her mobile-phone photos from Syria that she used as the basis for a striking and moving series of illustrations for a Vanity Fair feature. It's a continuation of Dis" Respond to this post by replying above this line New post on SKarthik.info Molly Crabapple’s illustrations from Syria by sskarthik The illustrator collaborated with Syrian writer Marwan Hisham (a pseudonym), who sent her mobile-phone photos from Syria that she used as the basis for a striking and moving series of illustrations for a Vanity Fair feature. It's a continuation of Discordia, the work on riot-torn Greece that Crabapple did with Laurie Penny in 2012. In an excellent PBS interview, Crabapple reflects on the collaboration. Your illustrations are unique from the graphic photos and video that depict much of the Syrian war and refugee crisis in the news. What do you want to add to representations of war? People live lives, even in war zones. Sometimes, when we just see photos of atrocity, we forget that these are humans in that atrocity, who scam and love and watch satellite TV and buy vegetables at... Read more... sskarthik | September 26, 2015 at 8:19 pm | Categories: Computers and Internet | URL: http://wp.me/p1eKZE-3m3F Comment    See all comments Unsubscribe to no longer receive posts from SKarthik.info. Change your email settings at Manage Subscriptions. Trouble clicking? Copy and paste this URL into your browser: https://sskarthik.wordpress.com/2015/09/26/molly-crabapples-illustrations-from-syria/ Thanks for flying with WordPress.com