O'Born Contemporary

Artist Biography

Dominic Nahr

dnahr.tumblr.com

Dominic Nahr works with a strong and unwavering gaze, aiming to document and disseminate images of actions that must not be continued or forgotten. He is intent on reporting certain and unflinching narratives about natural catastrophes, civil unrest and crimes inflicted in the pursuit of protecting physical and psychological borders. Nahr was raised in Hong Kong where he established himself as a photojournalist with South China Morning Post. He relocated to Toronto and subsequently graduated from Ryerson University in 2008. Nahr has been honored with several prestigious awards, including The Oskar Barnack Newcomer Award. He has been selected as one of the 'Top 30 under 30 photographers' by PDN magazine and has been exhibited at Visa Pour l'Image in Perpignan, France. Nahr was selected to take part in 2010's Joop Swart Masterclass in Holland and received grants from the Pulitzer Center and the Emergency Fund. Dominic Nahr joined Magnum Photos as a nominee in July 2010. He is a contract photographer for Time magazine and represented by O'Born Contemporary in Toronto. Nahr currently resides in Nairobi, Kenya.

Dominic Nahr's The Wave was exhibited in a solo exhibition at O'Born Contemporary.

An 8.9- magnitude earthquake hit northeastern Japan on the 11th of March 2011. A massive wave crashed into the coastline and swept away entire towns and articles of larger cities. The devastation along the northeastern coast has left tens of thousands dead and hundreds of thousand homeless.

The Wave documents the people and the landscape, devastated by this natural catastrophe.

The last days were punished with sickness and the cold. We sleep in a Temple – One of the surviving buildings from the Tsunami that decimated the fishing town of Minamisanriku. Huddled, I keep warm among many. The gentle murmur of breath lifts and recedes in the cold air of the temple. It is one a.m. I lay awake thinking of my father, gone for exactly one month today. Many of the survivors have lost family members too, creating a sense of collective grieving among us. I feel at home and taken care of in this temple among its new residents, as I wrestle with my thoughts. The sun rises and we venture out, hoping to make sense of the devastation that struck the coastline of Tohoku.

– Dominic Nahr

A portion of all proceeds of The Wave will be donated to the Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre Foundation Japan Earthquake Relief Fund.

Title:
Untitled, from The Wave
Medium:
Chromogenic Print
Year:
2011
Dimensions:
12 x 18 inches
Print Edition:
Edition of 1

Japan, Natori, 2011: Japanese citizens wait in line for food, gasoline, and other supplies in one of the towns, closest to the leaking nuclear plant.
Title:
Untitled, from The Wave
Medium:
Chromogenic Print
Year:
2011
Dimensions:
12 x 18 inches
Print Edition:
Edition of 1

Japan, Natori, 2011: A sofa and car are scattered among debris with fires burning in the background after the massive earthquake and tsunami hit the east coast of Japan.
Title:
Untitled, from The Wave
Medium:
Chromogenic Print
Year:
2011
Dimensions:
12 x 18 inches
Print Edition:
Edition of 1

Japan, Natori, 2011: Elderly Japanese survivors take refuge inside a makeshift shelter at a school gym after their homes were destroyed by the earthquake and tsunami.
Title:
Untitled, from The Wave
Medium:
Chromogenic Print
Year:
2011
Dimensions:
12 x 18 inches
Print Edition:
Edition of 1

Japan, Natori, 2011: Japanese survivors look for their loved ones on a list documenting up to 500 people who are inside a makeshift shelter at a school gym after their homes had destroyed by the earthquake and tsunami.
Title:
Untitled, from The Wave
Medium:
Chromogenic Print
Year:
2011
Dimensions:
12 x 18 inches
Print Edition:
Edition of 1

Japan, Natori, 2011: Japanese survivors find shelter at a school gym after their homes were destroyed by the earthquake and tsunami.
Title:
Untitled, from The Wave
Medium:
Chromogenic Print
Year:
2011
Dimensions:
12 x 18 inches
Print Edition:
Edition of 1

Japan, Kesennuma, 2011: A destroyed mask lies amongst rubble.
Title:
Untitled, from The Wave
Medium:
Chromogenic Print
Year:
2011
Dimensions:
12 x 18 inches
Print Edition:
Edition of 1

Japan, Kesennuma, 2011: Soldiers of the Japan Self Defense Forces look for missing people in earthquake and tsunami affected areas.
Title:
Untitled, from The Wave
Medium:
Chromogenic Print
Year:
2011
Dimensions:
12 x 18 inches
Print Edition:
Edition of 1

Japan, Kesennuma, 2011: Two women take a break from looking through rubble for their belongings along the coast.
Title:
Untitled, from The Wave
Medium:
Chromogenic Print
Year:
2011
Dimensions:
12 x 18 inches
Print Edition:
Edition of 1

Japan, Natori, 2011: Tsunami tides cause cars to pile on top of each other in the devastated area of Natori.
Title:
Untitled, from The Wave
Medium:
Chromogenic Print
Year:
2011
Dimensions:
12 x 18 inches
Print Edition:
Edition of 1

Japan, Natori, 2011: A shrine once stood on this hill, where the remains of a destroyed home now lie.
Title:
Untitled, from The Wave
Medium:
Chromogenic Print
Year:
2011
Dimensions:
12 x 18 inches
Print Edition:
Edition of 1

Japan, Natori, 2011: A military truck drives through the devastated area of Natori.
Title:
Untitled, from The Wave
Medium:
Chromogenic Print
Year:
2011
Dimensions:
12 x 18 inches
Print Edition:
Edition of 1

Japan, Natori, 2011: A local man walks through rubble, trying to help rescue workers find bodies.
Title:
Untitled, from The Wave
Medium:
Chromogenic Print
Year:
2011
Dimensions:
12 x 18 inches
Print Edition:
Edition of 1

Japan, Natori, 2011: A crane moves debris from the road so that rescue workers can move more easily through the devastation.
Title:
Untitled, from The Wave
Medium:
Chromogenic Print
Year:
2011
Dimensions:
12 x 18 inches
Print Edition:
Edition of 1

Japan, Natori, 2011: Japanese soldiers carry a body onto a military truck in one of the most affected areas of the tsunami.
Title:
Untitled, from The Wave
Medium:
Chromogenic Print
Year:
2011
Dimensions:
12 x 18 inches
Print Edition:
Edition of 1

Japan, Natori, 2011: A Japanese soldier walks through the devastation in one of the most affected areas of the tsunami.
Title:
Untitled, from The Wave
Medium:
Chromogenic Print
Year:
2011
Dimensions:
12 x 18 inches
Print Edition:
Edition of 1

Japan, Yonezawa, 2011: A man uses a public phone booth; mobile phone networks are unavailable in many of the eastern parts of the country.
Title:
Untitled, from The Wave
Medium:
Chromogenic Print
Year:
2011
Dimensions:
12 x 18 inches
Print Edition:
Edition of 1

Japan, Misawa, 2011: Locals and fishermen clean up the area in and around the Misawa port; forested areas are white with dried mud brought in by the tsunami.
Title:
Untitled, from The Wave
Medium:
Chromogenic Print
Year:
2011
Dimensions:
12 x 18 inches
Print Edition:
Edition of 1

Japan, Misawa, 2011: A local helps clean up the area in and around the Misawa port.
Title:
Untitled, from The Wave
Medium:
Chromogenic Print
Year:
2011
Dimensions:
12 x 18 inches
Print Edition:
Edition of 1

Japan, Misawa, 2011: A ship, pulled in with the tides caused by the tsunami lies on its side.
Title:
Untitled, from The Wave
Medium:
Chromogenic Print
Year:
2011
Dimensions:
12 x 18 inches
Print Edition:
Edition of 1

Japan, Sendai Region, 2011: Sand blows as a helicopter prepares to land on a makeshift landing zone in a damaged community of the Sendai Region, to which the Black Knights Squadron drops aid.
Title:
Untitled, from The Wave
Medium:
Chromogenic Print
Year:
2011
Dimensions:
12 x 18 inches
Print Edition:
Edition of 1

Japan, Sendai Region, 2011: On the deck of the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan.
Title:
Untitled, from The Wave
Medium:
Chromogenic Print
Year:
2011
Dimensions:
12 x 18 inches
Print Edition:
Edition of 1

Japan, Sendai Region, 2011: Deck crew on the USS Ronald Reagan.
Title:
Untitled, from The Wave
Medium:
Chromogenic Print
Year:
2011
Dimensions:
12 x 18 inches
Print Edition:
Edition of 1

Japan, Tokyo, 2011: A woman waits at the entrance to the Shibuya subway station. The usually brightly lit Shibuya streets are dark due to the power cuts.
Title:
Untitled, from The Wave
Medium:
Chromogenic Print
Year:
2011
Dimensions:
12 x 18 inches
Print Edition:
Edition of 1

Japan, Tokyo, 2011: Evacuees, mainly from Fukushima prefecture wait in line to gather food at the Saitama Super Arena. Up to 5,000 people seek shelter and 500 volunteers offer aid.
Title:
Untitled, from The Wave
Medium:
Chromogenic Print
Year:
2011
Dimensions:
12 x 18 inches
Print Edition:
Edition of 1

Japan, Yamagata, 2011: A view over Yamagata.
Title:
Untitled, from The Wave
Medium:
Chromogenic Print
Year:
2011
Dimensions:
12 x 18 inches
Print Edition:
Edition of 1

Japan, Kesennuma, 2011: A soldier of the Japan Self Defense Forces prepares to look for missing people in earthquake and tsunami affected areas.
Title:
Untitled, from The Wave
Medium:
Chromogenic Print
Year:
2011
Dimensions:
12 x 18 inches
Print Edition:
Edition of 1

Japan, Kashiwazaki, 2011: A surfer emerges from the water near a nuclear plant that was damaged in 2007 and was re-commissioned in 2009 in Kashiwazaki on the north west coast of Japan.
Title:
Untitled, from The Wave
Medium:
Chromogenic Print
Year:
2011
Dimensions:
12 x 18 inches
Print Edition:
Edition of 1

Japan, Kashiwazaki, 2011: Images of Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant seen at the TEPCO Service Hall in Kariwa village in Kashiwazaki.
Title:
Untitled, from The Wave
Medium:
Chromogenic Print
Year:
2011
Dimensions:
12 x 18 inches
Print Edition:
Edition of 1

Japan, Tokai, 2011: Power lines that feed Tokyo with electricity from nuclear plants can be seen behind cherry blossoms.
Title:
Untitled, from The Wave
Medium:
Chromogenic Print
Year:
2011
Dimensions:
12 x 18 inches
Print Edition:
Edition of 1

Japan, Sendai, 2011: A flock of birds fly over the Yamagata- Sendai expressway.
Title:
Untitled, from The Wave
Medium:
Chromogenic Print
Year:
2011
Dimensions:
12 x 18 inches
Print Edition:
Edition of 1

Japan, Kesennuma, 2011: A swan swims in a lake - A destroyed boat and other debris litter the shoreline.
Title:
Untitled, from The Wave
Medium:
Chromogenic Print
Year:
2011
Dimensions:
12 x 18 inches
Print Edition:
Edition of 1

Japan, Minamisanriku, 2011: Train tracks leading to Minamisanriku lie twisted.
Title:
Untitled, from The Wave
Medium:
Chromogenic Print
Year:
2011
Dimensions:
12 x 18 inches
Print Edition:
Edition of 1

Japan, Minamisanriku, 2011: An old man smokes a cigarette outside a temporary shelter in Minamisanriku.
Title:
Untitled, from The Wave
Medium:
Chromogenic Print
Year:
2011
Dimensions:
12 x 18 inches
Print Edition:
Edition of 1

Japan, Minamisanriku, 2011: Survivors at a small shelter prepare their beds in the evening in Minamisanriku.
Title:
Untitled, from The Wave
Medium:
Chromogenic Print
Year:
2011
Dimensions:
12 x 18 inches
Print Edition:
Edition of 1

Japan, Minamisanriku, 2011: An adult magazine lies in debris.
Title:
Untitled, from The Wave
Medium:
Chromogenic Print
Year:
2011
Dimensions:
12 x 18 inches
Print Edition:
Edition of 1

Japan, Minamisanriku, 2011: A survivor plays football the night before a mass funeral at a Daiou temple.
Title:
Untitled, from The Wave
Medium:
Chromogenic Print
Year:
2011
Dimensions:
12 x 18 inches
Print Edition:
Edition of 1

Japan, Minamisanriku, 2011: A young survivor listens to elders talking inside a cold room before a mass funeral at a Daiou temple.
Title:
Untitled, from The Wave
Medium:
Chromogenic Print
Year:
2011
Dimensions:
12 x 18 inches
Print Edition:
Edition of 1

Japan, Minami Sanriku, 2011: Survivors go to sleep inside a cold room before a mass funeral at a Daiou temple.
Title:
Untitled, from The Wave
Medium:
Chromogenic Print
Year:
2011
Dimensions:
12 x 18 inches
Print Edition:
Edition of 1

Japan, Minamisanriku, 2011: Family members grieve at their family gravesite at a Daiou temple.
Title:
Untitled, from The Wave
Medium:
Chromogenic Print
Year:
2011
Dimensions:
12 x 18 inches
Print Edition:
Edition of 1

Japan, Minamisanriku, 2011: Dozens of urns, containing tsunami victims' ashes, stand in a room prior to a mass funeral at a Daiou temple.
Title:
Untitled, from The Wave
Medium:
Chromogenic Print
Year:
2011
Dimensions:
12 x 18 inches
Print Edition:
Edition of 1

Japan, Minamisanriku, 2011: The top of an urn, carefully bound by white cloth, sits in a room at a Daiou temple..
Title:
Untitled, from The Wave
Medium:
Chromogenic Print
Year:
2011
Dimensions:
12 x 18 inches
Print Edition:
Edition of 1

Japan, Minamisanriku, 2011: Family members gather their urns at a Daiou temple.
Title:
Untitled, of The Wave
Medium:
Chromogenic Print
Year:
2011
Dimensions:
12 x 18 inches
Print Edition:
Edition of 1

Japan, Tokyo, 2011: Cherry blossoms float in water, which reflects a lit building.
Title:
Untitled, from The Wave
Medium:
Chromogenic Print
Year:
2011
Dimensions:
12 x 18 inches
Print Edition:
Edition of 1

Japan, Namie, 2011: A destroyed house and cherry blossom tree are reflected in a windowpane in the exclusion zone.
Title:
Untitled, from The Wave
Medium:
Chromogenic Print
Year:
2011
Dimensions:
12 x 18 inches
Print Edition:
Edition of 1

Japan, Namie, 2011: A photograph is left behind in an abandoned house in the 20-kilometer exclusion zone.

Title:
Untitled, from The Wave
Medium:
Chromogenic Print
Year:
2011
Dimensions:
12 x 18 inches
Print Edition:
Edition of 1

Japan, Namie, 2011: Dogs wander the streets in the exclusion zone. Residents left without their pets when radiation reached dangerous levels.
Title:
Untitled, from The Wave
Medium:
Chromogenic Print
Year:
2011
Dimensions:
12 x 18 inches
Print Edition:
Edition of 1

Japan, Namie, 2011: A view of the destruction from the tsunami, north of the nuclear plant in the Kashima area.
Title:
Untitled, from The Wave
Medium:
Chromogenic Print
Year:
2011
Dimensions:
12 x 18 inches
Print Edition:
Edition of 1

Japan, Namie, 2011: The grave for Toshio Tanji and his daughter is placed where their house once stood.
Title:
Untitled, from The Wave
Medium:
Chromogenic Print
Year:
2011
Dimensions:
12 x 18 inches
Print Edition:
Edition of 1

Japan, Namie, 2011: Cherry blossoms inside the 20 kilometer exlcusion zone, less than 10 kilometers from the damaged nuclear plant.
Title:
Untitled, from The Wave
Medium:
Chromogenic Print
Year:
2011
Dimensions:
12 x 18 inches
Print Edition:
Edition of 1

Japan, Namie, 2011: Inside the 20 kilometer exclusion zone, abandoned cows run in the streets.
Title:
Untitled, from The Wave
Medium:
Chromogenic Print
Year:
2011
Dimensions:
12 x 18 inches
Print Edition:
Edition of 1

Japan, Kashiwazaki, 2011: Images of Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant seen at the TEPCO Service Hall in Kariwa village in Kashiwazaki.
Title:
Untitled, from The Wave
Medium:
Chromogenic Print
Year:
2011
Dimensions:
12 x 18 inches
Print Edition:
Edition of 1

Japan, Kashiwazaki, 2011: A surfer emerges from the water near a nuclear plant that was damaged in 2007 and was re-commissioned in 2009 in Kashiwazaki on the north west coast of Japan.
Title:
Untitled, from The Wave
Medium:
Chromogenic Print
Year:
2011
Dimensions:
12 x 18 inches
Print Edition:
Edition of 1

Japan, Kashiwazaki, 2011: Workers at the TEPCO Service Hall in Kariwa village in Kashiwazaki.
Title:
Untitled, from The Wave
Medium:
Chromogenic Print
Year:
2011
Dimensions:
12 x 18 inches
Print Edition:
Edition of 1

Japan, Hiroshima, 2011: Commuters sit in a tram near the epicenter of the Atomic bombing of Hiroshima. Life returned to normal once radiation levels stabilized.
Title:
Untitled, from The Wave
Medium:
Chromogenic Print
Year:
2011
Dimensions:
12 x 18 inches
Print Edition:
Edition of 1

Japan, Tokai, 2011: Power lines and structures that feed Tokyo with electricity from nuclear plants.
Title:
Untitled, from The Wave
Medium:
Chromogenic Print
Year:
2011
Dimensions:
12 x 18 inches

Japan, Tokyo, 2011: A taxi driver waits for customers near a train station. There have been shortages in Tokyo because of the shut down of Daiichi nuclear power plant.

Work from Dominic Nahr's Battling a Scourge was featured in 131 at O'Born Contemporary.

To reach the most malarial town on earth, head north from Kampala, Uganda, cross the Victoria Nile and, just before you come to the refugee camps that mark the southern edge of Uganda's 20-year civil war, turn east to Lake Kwania. Africa's other Great Lakes are known for freshwater beaches and cool evenings, but Kwania is more of a giant swamp: shallow, full of crocodiles and choked with lily, papyrus and hyacinth. The malaria parasite loves it here.

Malaria has been at least halved in nine African countries since 2000; Ethiopia and southern Sudan should reach universal protection this year, and a visit last August to the children's ward of a Zanzibar hospital had produced whoops of joy: It was empty.

That success is hardly universal - or permanent. Zanzibar has eradicated malaria twice before but each time re- imported it from mainland Tanzania. Kenya, an early success story, has slipped. Apac has only just got going.

– Excerpted from Alex Perry for TIME Magazine

Title:
Untitled, Uganda, Apac (Grace)
Medium:
Chromogenic Print
Year:
2010
Dimensions:
16 x 24 inches
Print Edition:
10

Grace Akullu holds her nine-month-old daughter Saron Alit as she is treated for malaria.
Title:
Untitled, Uganda, Apac (Amos)
Medium:
Chromogenic Print
Year:
2010
Dimensions:
16 x 24 inches
Print Edition:
10

Amos Odijede, five years old and sick with Malaria, is being held by his father Jimmy Omara, 30, in a rural health clinic.

Work from Dominic Nahr's Haiti Est Mort was exhibited in Subjective at O'Born Contemporary.

Haiti Est Mort documents the immediate aftermath of the devastating earthquake in Haiti on January 12, 2010, and the struggle of Port-Au-Prince residents to recover.

Title:
Untitled, from Haiti Est Mort
(White Dress)
Medium:
Chromogenic Print
Year:
2010
Dimensions:
16 x 24 inches
Print Edition:
10
Dimensions:
32 x 48 inches
Print Edition:
5

January 24, 2010: A woman waves her arms in the air as close family members mourn during a funeral procession in the main cemetary of Port-Au-Prince.
Title:
Untitled, from Haiti Est Mort
(Wheel barrel)
Medium:
Chromogenic Print
Year:
2010
Dimensions:
16 x 24 inches
Print Edition:
10
Dimensions:
32 x 48 inches
Print Edition:
5

January 24, 2010: US soldiers tend to an injured Haitian man who was shot with a shotgun and has wounds to the head, chest, and arm, is transported away from the scene in a wheelbarrow, after a dozen shots were fired by police and security officers in downtown Port-Au-Prince.
Title:
Untitled, from Haiti Est Mort
(Water)
Medium:
Chromogenic Print
Year:
2010
Dimensions:
16 x 24 inches
Print Edition:
10
Dimensions:
32 x 48 inches
Print Edition:
5

January 22, 2010: Young Haitian men throw cases of water out of a moving truck and into the hands of a desparate crowd of people chasing it in Port-Au-Prince. They appear to have entered the truck without permission.
Title:
Untitled, from Haiti Est Mort
(Stuck)
Medium:
Chromogenic Print
Year:
2010
Dimensions:
16 x 24 inches
Print Edition:
10
Dimensions:
32 x 48 inches
Print Edition:
5

January 25, 2010: Rosemene Josiane trapped inside her collapsed Port-Au-Prince home, where both her legs were buried in debris. She was finally rescued after a Belgian rescue and response team dug her out and amputated one leg after almost two days trapped.
Title:
Untitled, from Haiti Est Mort
(Shot)
Medium:
Chromogenic Print
Year:
2010
Dimensions:
16 x 24 inches
Print Edition:
10
Dimensions:
32 x 48 inches
Print Edition:
5

January 24, 2010: US soldiers tend to an injured Haitian man who was shot with a shotgun and has wounds to the head, chest, and arm, is transported away from the scene in a wheelbarrow, after a dozen shots were fired by police and security officers in downtown Port-Au-Prince.
Title:
Untitled, from Haiti Est Mort
(Rubble)
Medium:
Chromogenic Print
Year:
2010
Dimensions:
16 x 24 inches
Print Edition:
10
Dimensions:
32 x 48 inches
Print Edition:
5

January 19, 2010: A looter taunts the crowd and the police as he stands on the third floor of a building in downtown Port-Au-Prince.
Title:
Untitled, from Haiti Est Mort
(Red Running)
Medium:
Chromogenic Print
Year:
2010
Dimensions:
16 x 24 inches
Print Edition:
10
Dimensions:
32 x 48 inches
Print Edition:
5

January 17, 2010: Haitians fall as looters and residents try to run from the police as they fire into the air and the crownd in downtown Port-Au-Prince.
Title:
Untitled, from Haiti Est Mort
(Police)
Medium:
Chromogenic Print
Year:
2010
Dimensions:
16 x 24 inches
Print Edition:
10
Dimensions:
32 x 48 inches
Print Edition:
5

January 12, 2010: A police officer patrols the streets of Port-Au-Prince as thousands of people loot articles of the capital city.
Title:
Untitled, from Haiti Est Mort
(Passports)
Medium:
Chromogenic Print
Year:
2010
Dimensions:
16 x 24 inches
Print Edition:
10
Dimensions:
32 x 48 inches
Print Edition:
5

January 18, 2010: American tourists display their passports in an effort to flee Port-Au-Prince.

Title:
Untitled, from Haiti Est Mort
(Mass Grave)
Medium:
Chromogenic Print
Year:
2010
Dimensions:
16 x 24 inches
Print Edition:
10
Dimensions:
32 x 48 inches
Print Edition:
5

January 24, 2010: Most of the victims of the earthquake were buried in mass burial sites, mixed in with rubble, in Titien, an old graveyard where mass burials and victims of death squad killings would find their resting place, outside Port-Au-Prince.

Title:
Untitled, from Haiti Est Mort
(Karibe)
Medium:
Chromogenic Print
Year:
2010
Dimensions:
16 x 24 inches
Print Edition:
10
Dimensions:
32 x 48 inches
Print Edition:
5

January 20, 2010: Refugees in rowboats try to find a way onto an outbound ship. Hatians were crowding the ports, waiting for boats to take them to the provinces. No boats were arriving in time, apparently due to a lack of fuel.

In the collection of Magnum Photos, New York.

Title:
Untitled, from Haiti Est Mort
(Head Shot 2)
Medium:
Chromogenic Print
Year:
2010
Dimensions:
16 x 24 inches
Print Edition:
10
Dimensions:
32 x 48 inches
Print Edition:
5

January 17, 2010: A man was shot and killed as police worked to stop looting in downtown Port-Au-Prince Sunday.

Title:
Untitled, from Haiti Est Mort
(Head Shot 1)
Medium:
Chromogenic Print
Year:
2010
Dimensions:
16 x 24 inches
Print Edition:
10
Dimensions:
32 x 48 inches
Print Edition:
5

January 17, 2010: A man was shot and killed as police worked to stop looting in downtown Port-Au-Prince Sunday.

Title:
Untitled, from Haiti Est Mort
(Gun)
Medium:
Chromogenic Print
Year:
2010
Dimensions:
16 x 24 inches
Print Edition:
10
Dimensions:
32 x 48 inches
Print Edition:
5

January 17, 2010: A plain-clothed private security officer stands with his revolver, which he fired on the ground and in the air, as he watched looters disperse in downtown Port-Au-Prince Sunday.

Title:
Untitled, from Haiti Est Mort
(Group Pray 2)
Medium:
Chromogenic Print
Year:
2010
Dimensions:
16 x 24 inches
Print Edition:
10
Dimensions:
32 x 48 inches
Print Edition:
5

January 24, 2010: Thousands of 7th Day Adventists take part in an evening service in the centre of Port-Au-Prince.

Title:
Untitled, from Haiti Est Mort
(Group Pray 1)
Medium:
Chromogenic Print
Year:
2010
Dimensions:
16 x 24 inches
Print Edition:
10
Dimensions:
32 x 48 inches
Print Edition:
5

January 24, 2010: Thousands of 7th Day Adventists take part in an evening service in the centre of Port-Au-Prince.

Title:
Untitled, from Haiti Est Mort
(Flag)
Medium:
Chromogenic Print
Year:
2010
Dimensions:
16 x 24 inches
Print Edition:
10
Dimensions:
32 x 48 inches
Print Edition:
5

January 26, 2010: The Hatian flag can be seen during a food distribution controlled by Sri Lankan UN soldiers in Leogane, approximately an hour from the capital of Port-Au-Prince.

Title:
Untitled, from Haiti Est Mort
(Dirt Grave)
Medium:
Chromogenic Print
Year:
2010
Dimensions:
16 x 24 inches
Print Edition:
10
Dimensions:
32 x 48 inches
Print Edition:
5

January 24, 2010: Most of the victims of the earthquake were buried in mass burial sites, mixed in with rubble, in Titien, an old graveyard where mass burials and victims of death squad killings would find their resting place, outside Port-Au-Prince.

Title:
Untitled, from Haiti Est Mort
(Church)
Medium:
Chromogenic Print
Year:
2010
Dimensions:
16 x 24 inches
Print Edition:
10
Dimensions:
32 x 48 inches
Print Edition:
5

January 17, 2010: Haitians spent Sunday mass in St. Bernardette in Port-Au-Prince.

Title:
Untitled, from Haiti Est Mort
(Camps)
Medium:
Chromogenic Print
Year:
2010
Dimensions:
16 x 24 inches
Print Edition:
10
Dimensions:
32 x 48 inches
Print Edition:
5

January 18, 2010: A woman stands in front of hundreds of people waiting for aid in a camp of earthquake victims who took over a hillside near the Port-Au-Prince airport.

Title:
Untitled, from Haiti Est Mort
(Bus)
Medium:
Chromogenic Print
Year:
2010
Dimensions:
16 x 24 inches
Print Edition:
10
Dimensions:
32 x 48 inches
Print Edition:
5

January 16, 2010: A young Hatian girl looks out the window of a bus while a man waves goodbye to his loved ones who are fleeing Port-Au-Prince.

Title:
Untitled, from Haiti Est Mort
(Bulldozer)
Medium:
Chromogenic Print
Year:
2010
Dimensions:
16 x 24 inches
Print Edition:
10
Dimensions:
32 x 48 inches
Print Edition:
5

January 16, 2010: A bulldozer clears the rubble of collapsed buildings in downtown Port-Au-Prince.

Title:
Untitled, from Haiti Est Mort
(Box)
Medium:
Chromogenic Print
Year:
2010
Dimensions:
16 x 24 inches
Print Edition:
10
Dimensions:
32 x 48 inches
Print Edition:
5

January 16, 2010: US Embassy staff load a truck with ÒMeal, Ready To EatÓ aid packages at the airport on the outskirts of Port-Au-Prince.

Title:
Untitled, from Haiti Est Mort
(Army)
Medium:
Chromogenic Print
Year:
2010
Dimensions:
16 x 24 inches
Print Edition:
10
Dimensions:
32 x 48 inches
Print Edition:
5

January 19, 2010: Members of the U.S. Army's 82nd Airborne walked through downtown Port-au-Prince.

Dominic Nahr's Fragile Border was exhibited in a solo exhibition at O'Born Contemporary.

Fragile Border documents the experience of the Dadaab refugee camp inhabitants and settled Kenyans responding to the threat of Somali intruders at the Kenya- Somali border.

The Shabab, a radical Islamist militia has taken over much of southern Somalia, threatening anyone who gets in its way. While the Shabab has not yet made good on threats to march brazenly across the border, rebels penetrate the boundary at a measured pace, smuggling contraband, sending spies and enlisting recruits to the militia's ranks. The Shabab has already infiltrated the safety of refugee camps like Dadaab (the largest camp in the world, home to over 250,000 people) luring away young men with utopian promises and a $300 prize.

Nahr's Fragile Border reveals to the viewer the many aspects of the life along the Kenya/Somalia border. At once, we sit in wonderment at the beauty of the African landscape and are incensed by the violence and poverty that its inhabitants sustain. This exhibition aims to stimulate the viewer both visually and ethically.

– Natalie MacNamara, Director, O'Born Contemporary

Title:
Untitled, (Kenya 3)
Medium:
Chromogenic Print
Year:
2009
Dimensions:
16 x 24 inches
Print Edition:
10
Dimensions:
32 x 48 inches
Print Edition:
5

Kenyan police officers stand along the border of Somalia and Kenya. Kolbio, a stronghold of Al Shabab, is located directly on the other side.
Title:
Untitled, (Kenya 2)
Medium:
Chromogenic Print
Year:
2009
Dimensions:
16 x 24 inches
Print Edition:
10
Dimensions:
32 x 48 inches
Print Edition:
5

Dagahaley Refugee Camp near the Somali-Kenyan border.
Title:
Untitled, (Kenya 3)
Medium:
Chromogenic Print
Year:
2009
Dimensions:
16 x 24 inches
Print Edition:
10
Dimensions:
32 x 48 inches
Print Edition:
5

Dagahaley Refugee Camp near the Somali-Kenyan border.
Title:
Untitled, from Fragile Border (22)
Medium:
Chromogenic Print
Year:
2009
Dimensions:
16 x 24 inches
Print Edition:
10
Dimensions:
32 x 48 inches
Print Edition:
5

Members of the Kenyan Customs Authorities and Police burn 340,000 contriband cigarettes worth 1.7 billion Kenyan shillings.

In the collection of the Wall Street Journal.
Title:
Untitled, from Fragile Border (21)
Medium:
Chromogenic Print
Year:
2009
Dimensions:
16 x 24 inches
Print Edition:
10
Dimensions:
32 x 48 inches
Print Edition:
5

A young Somali boy runs away from a sandstorm in Dagahaley Refugee Camp. Dagahaley is one of the three camps in Dadaab, mostly for new arrivals, and is situated 80 kilometers from the Somali border.

In the collection of the New York Times.
Title:
Untitled, from Fragile Border (20)
Medium:
Chromogenic Print
Year:
2009
Dimensions:
16 x 24 inches
Print Edition:
10
Dimensions:
32 x 48 inches
Print Edition:
5

Somali-Kenyan students walk home through the market after school close to the border of Somalia.

In the collection of the New York Times.
Title:
Untitled, from Fragile Border (19)
Medium:
Chromogenic Print
Year:
2009
Dimensions:
16 x 24 inches
Print Edition:
10
Dimensions:
32 x 48 inches
Print Edition:
5

Members of the peace committee discuss issues concerning Somali's and Somali-Kenyan's in Kenya underneath a tree close to the market in Hargadera, Kenya.
Title:
Untitled, from Fragile Border (18)
Medium:
Chromogenic Print
Dimensions:
16 x 24 inches
Print Edition:
10
Dimensions:
32 x 48 inches
Print Edition:
5

A Somali refugee is held by a family member as she lies in the MSF ambulance. She is very pregnant, and had been bleeding throughout the night in Dagahaley Camp.
Title:
Untitled, from Fragile Border (17)
Medium:
Chromogenic Print
Year:
2009
Dimensions:
16 x 24 inches
Print Edition:
10
Dimensions:
32 x 48 inches
Print Edition:
5

Women wait in line at the health care clinic in Dagahaley Refugee Camp. The clinic operates for 25,000 people, or anyone who cannot reach the hospital.
Title:
Untitled, from Fragile Border (16)
Medium:
Chromogenic Print
Year:
2009
Dimensions:
16 x 24 inches
Print Edition:
10
Dimensions:
32 x 48 inches
Print Edition:
5

Somali children and teenagers play soccer on the grounds of Dagahaley Refugee Camp.
Title:
Untitled, from Fragile Border (15)
Medium:
Chromogenic Print
Year:
2009
Dimensions:
16 x 24 inches
Print Edition:
10
Dimensions:
32 x 48 inches
Print Edition:
5

Muslims pray after sunset in the local mosque, Dagahaley Camp.
Title:
Untitled, from Fragile Border (14)
Medium:
Chromogenic Print
Year:
2009
Dimensions:
16 x 24 inches
Print Edition:
10
Dimensions:
32 x 48 inches
Print Edition:
5

A typical home made with found fabric and clothes in Dagahaley Camp.
Title:
Untitled, from Fragile Border (13)
Medium:
Chromogenic Print
Year:
2009
Dimensions:
16 x 24 inches
Print Edition:
10
Dimensions:
32 x 48 inches
Print Edition:
5

General Abdullahi Mohamed Hirsi only carried one thing as he fled Somalia: a personal suitcase containing military documents and classified information. The suitcase lies on the floor of the protection article within Dagahaley Camp.
Title:
Untitled, from Fragile Border (12)
Medium:
Chromogenic Print
Year:
2009
Dimensions:
16 x 24 inches
Print Edition:
10
Dimensions:
32 x 48 inches
Print Edition:
5

Abdirahman Mohamud, 12, shows his wounds he received while being caught in the middle of a firefight between Ethiopians and Al-Shabaab. Five people died and up to twenty were injured.
Title:
Untitled, from Fragile Border (11)
Medium:
Chromogenic Print
Year:
2009
Dimensions:
16 x 24 inches
Print Edition:
10
Dimensions:
32 x 48 inches
Print Edition:
5

Abdi Dek Ahmed, 6, lost his left arm and most of his eyesight when a bomb exploded in his house in Mogadishu.
Title:
Untitled, from Fragile Border (10)
Medium:
Chromogenic Print
Year:
2009
Dimensions:
16 x 24 inches
Print Edition:
10
Dimensions:
32 x 48 inches
Print Edition:
5

Abdi Welle Mohamed, ID number 365280, eleven years old, flies kites with his friend. Homemade toys, made out of garbage found drifting through the camp, bring a little joy and a lot of sadness. "I remember my land, I remember my friends. We would play kites and I Would show my parents. Now every time I play, I remember my father and mother."
Title:
Untitled, from Fragile Border (9)
Medium:
Chromogenic Print
Year:
2009
Dimensions:
16 x 24 inches
Print Edition:
10
Dimensions:
32 x 48 inches
Print Edition:
5

A Somali student is being carried to the MSF health care clinic in Dagahaley Camp after being found wheeling in a cart through the camp suffering from an asthma attack.
Title:
Untitled, from Fragile Border (8)
Medium:
Chromogenic Print
Year:
2009
Dimensions:
16 x 24 inches
Print Edition:
10
Dimensions:
32 x 48 inches
Print Edition:
5

Nimo Mohamed Youssuf, 14, arrived in Dagahaley refugee camp after she was shot, along with two other sudents, in Mogadishu while attending school. When the hospital she moved to also turned into a battle zone, she was finally brought to Dadaab. She is cared after by her sister Fatima.
Title:
Untitled, from Fragile Border (7)
Medium:
Chromogenic Print
Year:
2009
Dimensions:
16 x 24 inches
Print Edition:
10
Dimensions:
32 x 48 inches
Print Edition:
5

A group of Somali new arrivals outside of the UNHCR offices hope to recieve their registration card so they will be able to live in one of the three camps in Dadaab. Each line consists of a specific family size.
Title:
Untitled, from Fragile Border (6)
Medium:
Chromogenic Print
Year:
2009
Dimensions:
16 x 24 inches
Print Edition:
10
Dimensions:
32 x 48 inches
Print Edition:
5

A tree full of empty plastic bags in Dagahaley Refugee Camp.

In the collection of the New York Times.
Title:
Untitled, from Fragile Border (5)
Medium:
Chromogenic Print
Year:
2009
Dimensions:
16 x 24 inches
Print Edition:
10
Dimensions:
32 x 48 inches
Print Edition:
5

A woman waits in line with others at the health care clinic in the Dagahaley Refugee Camp in Kenya. The health clinic operates for 25,000 people; anyone who cannot reach the hospital.
Title:
Untitled, from Fragile Border (4)
Medium:
Chromogenic Print
Year:
2009
Dimensions:
16 x 24 inches
Print Edition:
10
Dimensions:
32 x 48 inches
Print Edition:
5

North Kivu, Kibati. 2008. Two Congolese government soldiers lie dead on the road at the front line five kilometers away from Kibati, north of Goma in eastern Convo, November 12, 2008. Two soldiers, both shot through the head, were killed during fighting on Tuesday near a refugee camp at Kibati sheltering 80,000 civilians displaced by violence. CNDP Rebels and government soldiers are only separated by less than a half a kilometer and fighting flares up regularly.
Title:
Untitled, from Fragile Border (3)
Medium:
Chromogenic Print
Year:
2009
Dimensions:
16 x 24 inches
Print Edition:
10
Dimensions:
32 x 48 inches
Print Edition:
5

North Kivu, Kiwanja. 2008. Two bodies lie dead with three other bodies inside a house, in Kiwanja, 75 kilometers north of the provincial capital of Goma. Fighting between rebel forces and pro government militia left more than a dozen civilians dead.
Title:
Untitled, from Fragile Border (2)
Medium:
Chromogenic Print
Year:
2009
Dimensions:
16 x 24 inches
Print Edition:
10
Dimensions:
32 x 48 inches
Print Edition:
5

North Kivu, Katindo. 2008. Family members mourn the loss of two women who were allegedly killed by a group of Congolese soldiers after looting their house in the Katindo neighborhood of Goma on October 30, 2008. Congolese rebels control the eastern part of the city, generating wide spread fear as government forces, residents, and tens of thousands of refugees scrabled to leave, with many soldiers out of control.
Title:
Untitled, from Fragile Border (1)
Medium:
Chromogenic Print
Year:
2009
Dimensions:
16 x 24 inches
Print Edition:
10
Dimensions:
32 x 48 inches
Print Edition:
5

North Kivu, Rugari. 2008. Congolese military Soviet-made T55 tank after firing over forces loyal to renegade Laurent Nkunda in the mountains of Rugari, about 40 kilometers (25 miles) north of the provincial capital of Goma, DR Congo.

Work from Dominic Nahr's Road To Nowhere was exhibited in Rendezvous at O'Born Contemporary.

In eastern Congo, a place rich with minerals, stunning landscapes and active volcanoes that glow at night, suffering is a part of everyday life. In early October, General Laurent Nkunda, a Tutsi rebel leader, launched attacks against government positions forcing over 250 000 civilians to flee from their homes or refugee camps as the battle lines inched closer to the provincial capital, Goma. In the confusion, ill-equipped government soldiers fell into chaos with lootings, rapes and killings happening on a regular basis. On the other side of the frontline, the 'liberating' Tutsi rebels massacred up to 150 civilians in largely Hutu populated areas, while leaving dead government soldiers littered along the main road of North Kivu, the road that seemingly led to nowhere but death.

– Dominic Nahr

Title:
Pause, from The Road To Nowhere
(19)
Medium:
Chromogenic Print
Year:
2008
Dimensions:
16 x 24 inches
Print Edition:
10
Dimensions:
32 x 48 inches
Print Edition:
5

North Kivu, Rugari. 2008. A young girl who stayed with her family in her hometown stands next to a Congolese military Soviet-made T55 tank after firing over forces loyal to renegade Laurent Nkunda in the mountains of Rugari, about 40 kilometers (25 miles) north of the provincial capital of Goma, DR Congo.
Title:
Untitled, from The Road To Nowhere
(18)
Medium:
Chromogenic Print
Year:
2008
Dimensions:
16 x 24 inches
Print Edition:
10
Dimensions:
32 x 48 inches
Print Edition:
5

North Kivu, Kabaya. 2008. An empty suitcase with photographs lies in front of a looted home in a town called Kabaya near Rumangabo in eastern Congo. Thousands of refugees fled from fighting in eastern Congo after government forces were attacked by rebels of renegade Gen. Laurent Nkunda.
Title:
Untitled, from The Road To Nowhere
(17)
Medium:
Chromogenic Print
Year:
2008
Dimensions:
16 x 24 inches
Print Edition:
10
Dimensions:
32 x 48 inches
Print Edition:
5

North Kivu, Kabaya. 2008. Two women return to collect personal belongings during a break in fighting in a town called Kabaya near Rumangabo in eastern Congo, where most of the fighting is concentrated.
Title:
Untitled, from The Road To Nowhere
(16)
Medium:
Chromogenic Print
Year:
2008
Dimensions:
16 x 24 inches
Print Edition:
10
Dimensions:
32 x 48 inches
Print Edition:
5

North Kivu, Kabaya. 2008. A poster of the president of Congo and other decorations are left behind in one of the looted homes in a town called Kabaya near Rumangabo in eastern Congo. Thousands of refugees fled the fighting in eastern Congo after government forces were attacked by rebels of renegade Gen. Laurent Nkunda.
Title:
Untitled, from The Road To Nowhere
(15)
Medium:
Chromogenic Print
Year:
2008
Dimensions:
16 x 24 inches
Print Edition:
10
Dimensions:
32 x 48 inches
Print Edition:
5

North Kivu, Rugari. 2008. A group of Congolese government soldiers move in a jeep after pushing the rebels further north for the day from Rugari, about 40 kilometers north of the provincial capital of Goma, DR Congo. In recent weeks the rebels in the DRC were reported to have pushed the Congolese military closer to Goma.
Title:
Untitled, from The Road To Nowhere
(14)
Medium:
Chromogenic Print
Year:
2008
Dimensions:
16 x 24 inches
Print Edition:
10
Dimensions:
32 x 48 inches
Print Edition:
5

North Kivu, Kibumba. 2008. Over 25, 000 people carry their belongings as they flee one of the main refugee camps due to fighting on Monday, Oct. 27, 2008 near Kibumba in eastern Congo. Government soldiers were forced to retreat as they were being pushed closer to Goma by rebels of renegade Gen. Laurent Nkunda.
Title:
Untitled, from The Road To Nowhere
(13)
Medium:
Chromogenic Print
Year:
2008
Dimensions:
16 x 24 inches
Print Edition:
10
Dimensions:
32 x 48 inches
Print Edition:
5

North Kivu, Kibati. 2008. Over 25,000 people flee an improvised Internally Displaced People camp in Kibati after fighting continued to advance towards the provincial capital of Goma. Wide spread fear has taken over Goma, with cars being stolen and violence breaking out.
Title:
Untitled, from The Road To Nowhere
(12)
Medium:
Chromogenic Print
Year:
2008
Dimensions:
16 x 24 inches
Print Edition:
10
Dimensions:
32 x 48 inches
Print Edition:
5

North Kivu, Kibati. 2008. A refugee prepares a meal in the late afternoon in Kibati. Many IDP's shuffle between Kibati camp and Goma, the provinical capital, while intense fighting continues between rebels and the Congolese military.
Title:
Untitled, from The Road To Nowhere
(11)
Medium:
Chromogenic Print
Year:
2008
Dimensions:
16 x 24 inches
Print Edition:
10
Dimensions:
32 x 48 inches
Print Edition:
5

North Kivu, Kiwanja. 2008. A man runs the distance in the town of Kiwanja after heavy fighting between the rebels and the Mai Mai left many soldiers dead. It is estimated that more than two dozen civilians were killed in the area, although human rights groups claim up to 60 may have been killed.
Title:
Untitled, from The Road To Nowhere
(10)
Medium:
Chromogenic Print
Year:
2008
Dimensions:
16 x 24 inches
Print Edition:
10
Dimensions:
32 x 48 inches
Print Edition:
5

North Kivu, Kiwanja. 2008. A day of fighting between rebel forces and pro government militia recently left more than a dozen civilians dead in Kiwanja, 75 kilometers north to the provincial capital of Goma.
Title:
Untitled, from The Road To Nowhere
(9)
Medium:
Chromogenic Print
Year:
2008
Dimensions:
16 x 24 inches
Print Edition:
10
Dimensions:
32 x 48 inches
Print Edition:
5

North Kivu, Kiwanja. 2008. Pictured is one civilian who lies dead inside a house in Kiwanja, 75 kilometers north to the provincial capital of Goma on Thursday. A day of fighting between rebel forces and pro government militia recently left more than a dozen civilians dead.
Title:
Untitled, from The Road To Nowhere
(8)
Medium:
Chromogenic Print
Year:
2008
Dimensions:
16 x 24 inches
Print Edition:
10
Dimensions:
32 x 48 inches
Print Edition:
5

North Kivu, Kiwanja. 2008. Blood is seen outside a house close to where five bodies were found inside a home in Kiwanja, 75 kilometers north to the provincial capital of Goma. Fighting between rebel forces and pro government militia left more then a dozen civilians dead.

Title:
Untitled, from The Road To Nowhere
(7)
Medium:
Chromogenic Print
Year:
2008
Dimensions:
16 x 24 inches
Print Edition:
10
Dimensions:
32 x 48 inches
Print Edition:
5

North Kivu, Kibati. 2008. Two Congolease soldiers on the frontline about five kilometers north of Kibati. CNDP Rebels and government soldiers are only separated by less than a half a kilometer and fighting flares up regularly.
Title:
Untitled, from The Road To Nowhere
(6)
Medium:
Chromogenic Print
Year:
2008
Dimensions:
16 x 24 inches
Print Edition:
10
Dimensions:
32 x 48 inches
Print Edition:
5

North Kivu, Kibati. 2008. Four Congolese government soldiers shelter from the rain on the frontline about five kilometers north of Kibati. CNDP Rebels and government soldiers are separated by less then half a kilometer and fighting flares up regularly.

Title:
Untitled, from The Road To Nowhere
(5)
Medium:
Chromogenic Print
Year:
2008
Dimensions:
16 x 24 inches
Print Edition:
10
Dimensions:
32 x 48 inches
Print Edition:
5

North Kivu, Kiwanja. 2008. At a newly created refugee camp next to a MONUC base in Kiwanja, a young girl, one of 250 000 displaced, passes the time by playing with a plastic bag. The camp stands a few kilometers north of Ruthshuru, which is now a stronghold of the CNDP rebels. Surrounding areas have seen numerous killings of civilians by the rebels, leaving many in fear of returning home.
Title:
Untitled, from The Road To Nowhere
(3)
Medium:
Chromogenic Print
Year:
2008
Dimensions:
16 x 24 inches
Print Edition:
10
Dimensions:
32 x 48 inches
Print Edition:
5

North Kivu, 2008. A young man stands with a gun in a new rebel town.
Title:
Untitled, from The Road To Nowhere
(2)
Medium:
Chromogenic Print
Year:
2008
Dimensions:
16 x 24 inches
Print Edition:
10
Dimensions:
32 x 48 inches
Print Edition:
5

North Kivu, Goma. 2008. A family member stands by the body of a 17 years-old student killed by a group of Congolese soldiers after looting his house and asking him to carry the belongings into a van after which they shot him in the Katindo neighborhood of Goma, on October 30, 2008. Congolese rebels control the eastern part of the city generating wide spread fear as government forces, residents and tens of thousands of refugees scrambled to leave, with many soldiers out of control.
Title:
Untitled, from The Road To Nowhere
(1)
Medium:
Chromogenic Print
Year:
2008
Dimensions:
16 x 24 inches
Print Edition:
10
Dimensions:
32 x 48 inches
Print Edition:
5

North Kivu, Kibati. 2008. Refugees gather for food distribution. Most IDP's move between Kibati camp and Goma, the provincial capital while intense fighting continues between rebels and the Congolese military.

Work from Dominic Nahr's When Brothers Fight was exhibited in document at O'Born Contemporary.

When Hamas won a majority of seats in the Palestinian parliament, it dealt a significant blow to Fatah, formerly Yasser Arafat's ruling party. Since then, power sharing has become a hotly contested issue often resulting in deadly clashes. In August 2006, Israel terminated its military occupation of Gaza and withdrew from its settlements, giving the Palestinians sovereignty over their own affairs. However, instead of resulting in Palestinian unification, Gazans were forced to endure the struggle for power between Fatah, Hamas, and another half-dozen lesser political and militant groups, who can neither agree on a common domestic approach, nor on a compromise with Israel. With tensions mounting daily and kidnappings occurring with great regularity, the awful reality is that the struggle for statehood has torn families apart, often pitting brother against brother in a savage struggle for identity and power. For the average civilian caught in the middle of this crisis, the Gaza Strip resembles more an open-air prison than a state, offering no possibility of escape.

These photographs were taken between 27 December 2006 and 15 January 2007 in the Gaza Strip while covering the inter-factional fighting between Hamas and Fatah.

– Dominic Nahr

Title:
Recruits,
from When Brothers Fight
Medium:
Chromogenic Print
Year:
2008
Dimensions:
16 x 24 inches
Print Edition:
10
Dimensions:
32 x 48 inches
Print Edition:
5

Palestinian army recruits train in the Gaza Strip.
Title:
Refugee Camp,
from When Brothers Fight
Medium:
Chromogenic Print
Year:
2008
Dimensions:
16 x 24 inches
Print Edition:
10
Dimensions:
32 x 48 inches
Print Edition:
5

A Palestinian refugee holds his head in his hands.
Title:
Ration Line,
from When Brothers Fight
Medium:
Chromogenic Print
Year:
2008
Dimensions:
16 x 24 inches
Print Edition:
10
Dimensions:
32 x 48 inches
Print Edition:
5

Palestinian refugees wait in line for rations and registration.
Title:
Only Escape,
from When Brothers Fight
Medium:
Chromogenic Print
Year:
2008
Dimensions:
16 x 24 inches
Print Edition:
10
Dimensions:
32 x 48 inches
Print Edition:
5

A Palestinian man finds his only escape from the Gaza Strip and the rising inter-factional violence by swimming in the Mediterranean Sea two kilometres from the northern Israeli border fence and under the watchful eye of an Israeli destroyer vessel in Beit Lahia.
Title:
Most Wanted,
from When Brothers Fight
Medium:
Chromogenic Print
Year:
2008
Dimensions:
16 x 24 inches
Print Edition:
10
Dimensions:
32 x 48 inches
Print Edition:
5

Fatah fighters belonging to Sameeh El-Madhoun, guard his street, in fear of reprisals by Hamas due to kidnappings and torture. In June 2007, as Hamas took over Gaza, Sameeh El-Madhoun was found naked on the street after being brutally executed in Beit Lahia.
Title:
Martyrs' Cemetery,
from When Brothers Fight
Medium:
Chromogenic Print
Year:
2008
Dimensions:
16 x 24 inches
Print Edition:
10
Dimensions:
32 x 48 inches
Print Edition:
5

In January of 2007 in Gaza, I would ask the Palestinians whom I had a chance to talk to what they thought the future would hold. Every one of them gave me a blank stare back. I did not know then that only a couple months later, Hamas' green flags would cover the Strip's horizon.
Title:
Kidnapped,
from When Brothers Fight
Medium:
Chromogenic Print
Year:
2008
Dimensions:
16 x 24 inches
Print Edition:
10
Dimensions:
32 x 48 inches
Print Edition:
5

A man marked as a Hamas member, who was kidnapped with eleven others by Fatah fighters and held captive for several hours, shows scars from the torture he suffered while held. Many kidnappings happen on both Hamas and Fatah sides, but usually Fatah are the only ones known to torture and humiliate their captives by shaving their beards, eyebrows and head. This is only one of the many cases that lead to the recent severe clashes in which many died on both sides. This picture was taken six days after the abduction and his identity was being kept hidden.
Title:
Empty Hospital,
from When Brothers Fight
Medium:
Chromogenic Print
Year:
2008
Dimensions:
16 x 24 inches
Print Edition:
10
Dimensions:
32 x 48 inches
Print Edition:
5

A doctor stands in the emergency room with minimal power after the Balsan Military Hospital in Beit Lahia had to be shut down for ten days because a lack of electricity and not enough fuel to keep the generator going. The hospital is located in the northern part of the Gaza Strip and it plays a vital role in treating patients who have been injured due to Israeli shooting or shelling.
Title:
Burned Home,
from When Brothers Fight
Medium:
Chromogenic Print
Year:
2008
Dimensions:
16 x 24 inches
Print Edition:
10
Dimensions:
32 x 48 inches
Print Edition:
5

Two women in their burned house, which was targeted by a homemade missile during clashes between Hamas and Fatah fighters in Beit Lahia, North Governorate.
Title:
Burial,
from When Brothers Fight
Medium:
Chromogenic Print
Year:
2008
Dimensions:
16 x 24 inches
Print Edition:
10
Dimensions:
32 x 48 inches
Print Edition:
5

The funeral of a Fatah member, after clashes erupted between Hamas and Fatah fighters in Jabalia Refugee Camp, North Gaza Governorate.
Title:
Birds & Gun,
from When Brothers Fight
Medium:
Chromogenic Print
Year:
2008
Dimensions:
16 x 24 inches
Print Edition:
10
Dimensions:
32 x 48 inches
Print Edition:
5

Members of the newly composed Executive Force in the Hamas Government guard what is left of the destroyed former Ministry of Interior in Gaza City.
Title:
Amidst Cars,
from When Brothers Fight
Medium:
Chromogenic Print
Year:
2008
Dimensions:
16 x 24 inches
Print Edition:
10
Dimensions:
32 x 48 inches
Print Edition:
5

Cars fill the streets on a rainy day in Nusyrat Camp, Gaza Strip.
Title:
A Brief Glance,
from When Brothers Fight
Medium:
Chromogenic Print
Year:
2008
Dimensions:
16 x 24 inches
Print Edition:
10
Dimensions:
32 x 48 inches
Print Edition:
5

A young Palestinian boy stands among others with Hamas flags while gathered during a funeral in Beit Lahia.