Overview participating exhibitions
Warzone
2010
Warzone
Teun Voeten
KORENGAL VALLEY, AFGHANISTAN, JUNE 2007 (Afghanistan, 2007)
In 2007 the Dutch photographer Teun Voeten spent twelve days as an embedded journalist with an American unit. The unit was stationed in the Korengal Valley, the most dangerous region of Afghanistan. Nevertheless, the skirmishes were limited to one ambush. While he was with them, the activities of the Americans were largely dominated by a diplomatic offensive: shortly before, the soldiers had accidentally shot two young men to death. During the negotiations, discussions and consultations Voeten recorded the mistrust of the Afghan population, as well as the mutual cultural incomprehension.
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KORENGAL VALLEY, AFGHANISTAN, JUNE 2007 (Afghanistan, 2007)
In 2007 the Dutch photographer Teun Voeten spent twelve days as an embedded journalist with an American unit. The unit was stationed in the Korengal Valley, the most dangerous region of Afghanistan. Nevertheless, the skirmishes were limited to one ambush. While he was with them, the activities of the Americans were largely dominated by a diplomatic offensive: shortly before, the soldiers had accidentally shot two young men to death. During the negotiations, discussions and consultations Voeten recorded the mistrust of the Afghan population, as well as the mutual cultural incomprehension.
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KORENGAL VALLEY, AFGHANISTAN, JUNE 2007 (Afghanistan, 2007)
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KORENGAL VALLEY, AFGHANISTAN, JUNE 2007 (Afghanistan, 2007)
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KORENGAL VALLEY, AFGHANISTAN, JUNE 2007 (Afghanistan, 2007)
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KORENGAL VALLEY, AFGHANISTAN, JUNE 2007 (Afghanistan, 2007)
Biography
Teun Voeten (Netherlands, 1961) studied cultural anthropology and philosophy, and divides his time between Brussels and New York. Three photo books by him have appeared, including Tunnel People, a searching journalistic and anthropological study of a community of homeless people who live in a train tunnel in Manhattan. Among the sources where his work has appeared are Vanity Fair, Newsweek, The New Yorker and National Geographic.