Ghost Town: the Old City of Palestinian Hebron

From the series: Ghost Town In most Arab cities the heart of the city is the Old City / souk area: traditionally vibrant, bustling and thriving with life. In Hebron, in the south of the West Bank, however, the heart of the city has been ripped out. Due to the prescence of approximately five hundred Israeli settlers and the soldiers who protect them, the souk of this Palestinian city has become a virtual ghost town: it?s shops and businesses closed and houses abandoned. Sometimes the only activity in the narrow lanes is a patrol of Israeli soldiers.

About

Since graduating from the University of Wales in 2004 with a degree in Documentary Photography, I have mostly been working as a freelance photographer in the Middle-East.

My work has been published in European newspapers and magazines and widely exhibited, notably at the FrontLine Club in London and at the Welsh National Eisteddfodd in 2004 in association with the Arts Council of Wales.

In 2005 I was selected as a finalist in the British Journal of Photography Endframe Competition for my photographs documenting the construction of Israel’s controversial separation barrier in the West Bank.

My archive, including weddings and commercial work, can currently be viewed at:

http://www.photoshelter.com/user/jasonstevenmoore

The Flickr gallery contains a more or less random collection of images that don’t currently have a home elsewhere.

Jason Moore's current location:
Small Town , United Kingdom

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Ghost Town: the Old City of Palestinian Hebron

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