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I will regularly publish here the latest news concerning my work as a photographer and translator: news from ongoing projects, the progress being made on upcoming photo books, the latest writer portraits, any newly published writer portraits in the press, current translations in progress, etc.

Mines Advisory Group. Tyre, Lebanon.

Laurent Denimal
Feb 17, 2024

22.03.2007

Near Tyre, in southern Lebanon, a Mines Advisory Group team has put up ”Danger mines” signs at the edge of orange groves polluted by anti-personnel mines dropped by the Israeli air force during the 33-day war, known in Lebanon as the July War (July 2006).

MAG find and destroy landmines, cluster munitions and unexploded bombs in places affected by conflict. MAG also work to reduce the threat of armed violence and the impact of weapons on communities.

Conflict repair work by MAG / maginternational.org

Thanks to @mag_lebanon for having me on site.

22.03.2007

A proximité de Tyr, au sud du Liban, une équipe de Mines Advisory Group a positionné des panneaux « Danger mines » en bordure d’orangeraies polluées par des mines antipersonnel larguées par l’aviation israélienne lors de la guerre des 33 jours, connue au Liban comme la guerre de Juillet (juillet 2006).

MAG trouve et détruit les mines antipersonnel, les armes à sous-munitions et les bombes non explosées dans les zones touchées par un conflit. MAG s’efforce également de réduire la menace de la violence armée et l’impact des armes sur les communautés.

Travaux de réparation des conflits effectués par MAG / maginternational.org

Merci à @mag_lebanon de m’avoir accueilli sur site.

Al-Khiyam, Lebanon.

Laurent Denimal
Feb 17, 2024

Al-Khiyam is a village in southern Lebanon. It is famous for the prison located there, which the Israelis transformed into a detention centre in which some 3,000 men and women, Lebanese but also Palestinians, active resistance fighters or ordinary inhabitants refusing to collaborate with Israel, were locked up between 1985 and 2001.

The prison was turned into a museum in 2000.

The Israeli air force destroyed the site during its bombing campaign in 2006.

In 2003, the journalist Véronique Ruggirello published « Khiam, prison de la honte » (@editions.harmattan), the testimony of 12 former prisoners.

In 2014, Souha Bechara, a Lebanese activist who was detained for ten years in Khiam, published a book about her imprisonment, « La Fenêtre, camp de Khiam » (@editionselyzad).

The photographs were taken in summer 2004.

Al-Khiyam est un village situé au sud du Liban. Il est célèbre en raison de la prison qui y est située, transformée par les Israéliens en centre de détention dans lequel quelque 3.000 hommes et femmes, des Libanais mais aussi des Palestiniens, des résistants actifs ou de simples habitants refusant de collaborer avec Israël ont été enfermés entre 1985 et 2001.

La prison a été transformée en musée en 2000.

L’aviation israélienne a détruit le site lors de sa campagne de bombardements en 2006.

En 2003, la journaliste Véronique Ruggirello publie dans « Khiam, prison de la honte » (@editions.harmattan) le témoignage de 12 anciens prisonniers.

En 2014, Souha Bechara, militante libanaise, qui a été détenue dix ans à Khiam, publie un livre de témoignage sur son incarcération; « La Fenêtre, camp de Khiam » (co-écrit avec Colette Ibrahim, @editionselyzad ).

Les photographies ont été prises à l'été 2004.

Photo Book Fair 2023.

Laurent Denimal
Oct 22, 2023

Have you ever dreamed of meeting

French gardener and photographer, Laurent Denimal,

who has lived in Sweden for three decades,

and who has contributed, among other things,

three very beautiful books of photographs

on three of the most emblematic parks and excursion spots in Stockholm?

I will be present during the two days devoted by SSF

to the Photography Book Fair in Stockholm,

on October 27 and 28,

where the latest book, Gröna Lund, will be presented.

photo Hendrik Zeitler, Fotobokfestival 2022

Friday, October 27th, 12:00 - 19:00

Saturday, October 28th, 12:00 - 16:00

Kulturhuset Stadsteatern, Plan 5

This will be a unique opportunity to see the three works relating to these green spaces brought together on the same table; Gröna Lund, Djurgården and Millesgården, and to be able to discuss with the photographer his original working method and also about the stages that were followed from the inception of the project to the final production of the book.

Gröna Lund (LDP, 2022), foreword Laurent Denimal.

While working as a gardener at Stockholm's Gröna Lund tivoli, I carried a wooden pinhole panorama camera loaded with 35-mm film around with me.

An artist's edition of fifteen autographed copies is presented in a slipcase with one numbered and signed colour print.

Djurgården, in the King's Park (Carlssons, 2014), foreword Per Wästberg.

Djurgården, which once upon a time was the royal deer park in Stockholm, is today the world's first national city park. It forms a green oasis just across the water from the city centre. I spent a season working in the park as a gardener, and had my Polaroid camera with me every day.

Polaroid photography provides unique, small-format images without a negative, limited to a single original photograph. The book "In the King's Park" presents a selection of motifs that were caught in an instant.

Millesgården, in the Sculptor's Park (Carlssons, 2008), foreword Agneta Pleijel.

The photo book Millesgården, in the Sculptor's Park takes you for a walk through the sculpture park in the grounds of the house formerly belonging to Swedish sculptor Carl Milles (1875-1955), located on the island of Lidingö, outside Stockholm.

An artist's edition is presented in a black slipcase with one numbered and signed original print.