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"The proverbial saying goes, 'Good fences make good neighbors.' But what is a good fence? Certainly not one that makes sure you can't see that neighbor in the first place. Bad fences create enemies. Peace begins where walls fall, not where they are built. The Berlin Wall is the best proof of this.
For his photo book 'Wall and Peace', Kai WIEDENHÖFER has photographically documented walls and barrier fences all over the world: in Berlin in 1989, in Belfast, Mexico, Ceuta and Melilla, in Baghdad - and again and again the wall with which Israel now surrounds itself extensively: on the border line with the West Bank, with the Gaza Strip, with Egypt, with Lebanon. Between 2003 and 2018, he traveled ten times to Israel and the occupied Palestinian territories and photographed fences, walls and checkpoints. For three decades, he followed the Israeli-Palestinian conflict with his camera. His new images show that the hope for a lasting peace in the region has become rather distant during this time. The wall is a paradox: it reinforces the violence it is supposed to keep in check, creating the need for more more surveillance and more more fortifications." (© Steidl Verlag, 2023)