‘A front row seat to witness history’: Ed Kashi’s astonishing global images

Time Out of Mind: The Protestants of Northern Ireland, 1988–90

Ed Kashi has dedicated the past 45 years to documenting the social and geopolitical issues that define our era. His work covers dramatic global events, while also accentuating the less visible background moments that often go unnoticed.



A child jumping over burning debris.

When the Borders Bleed: The Struggle of the Kurds, 1991–2005

A Kurdish woman stands trial accused of being a member of the Kurdistan Workers’ party (PKK) in Turkey, 1991. ‘Photography allows me to have an intimate, front-row seat to witness and record major events in history. It also allows me to focus on the small, but no less powerful, moments in the lives of regular folks who do life-affirming actions that would otherwise go unnoticed’




A Kurdish woman stands trial accused of being a member of the Kurdistan Workers’ party (PKK) in Turkey, 1991.
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