Head to Head: Martin Roemers and Yisha Garbasz

I always find it interesting to see differing approaches when photographers deal with similar types of subject matter.

Martin Roemers – "Relics of War" – presents artifacts and ruins from The Cold War which are abandoned or overgrown due to the passage of time. These photographs document "an era of hostility, deterrence politics, and the arms race — and also serve as an appeal for future peace."

 

(c) Martin Roemers.  "Germany, Russian ammunition" from Relics of War. 

 

(c) Martin Roemers. "Poland, nuclear missile silo" from Relics of War.

(c) Martin Roemers.  "Germany, Soviet Army Cemetery" from Relics of War.

(c) Martin Roemers. "Germany, Soviet army base" from Relics of War.

(c) Martin Roemers.  "Lithuania, Lenin statue" from Relics of War.

Yisha Garbasz – "The Fence" – photographs walls and fences that divide and define peoples and territories (often in war-torn locations).  Her photos often include a human element to illustrate the impact of these barriers on the people living on or traveling between each side.

(c) Yisha Garbasz. From The Fence.

(c) Yisha Garbasz. From The Fence.

(c) Yisha Garbasz.  "Checkpoint near Nablus" from The Fence.

(c) Yisha Garbasz. "RT 443, a special coating that makes the steep hill sides unscalable, denying access from one Palestinian side to the other" from The Fence.

(c) Yisha Garbasz. From The Fence.

(c) Yisha Garbasz. "Concrete fence protecting rt 443 from shooting, West Bank" from The Fence.

(c) Yisha Garbasz. From The Fence.