Simon Norfolk
The illegal Jewish settlement of Gilo, a suburb of Jerusalem. To deter Snipers from the Adjacent Palestinian village of Beit Jala (Seen in the Distance) a wall has been erect.

The illegal Jewish settlement of Gilo, a suburb of Jerusalem. To deter Snipers from the Adjacent Palestinian village of Beit Jala (Seen in the Distance) a wall has been erect.

© Simon Norfolk / Gallery Luisotti

The illegal Jewish settlement of Gilo, a suburb of Jerusalem. To deter Snipers from the Adjacent Palestinian village of Beit Jala (Seen in the Distance) a wall has been erect.
The illegal Jewish settlement of Gilo, a suburb of Jerusalem. To deter Snipers from the Adjacent Palestinian village of Beit Jala (Seen in the Distance) a wall has been erect.
ArtistBritish, born Nigeria, 1963
CultureBritish
Titles
  • The illegal Jewish settlement of Gilo, a suburb of Jerusalem. To deter Snipers from the Adjacent Palestinian village of Beit Jala (Seen in the Distance) a wall has been erect.
  • from the series Israel/Palestine: Mnemosyne
Date2003
PlaceJerusalem, Israel
MediumInkjet print
DimensionsSheet: 40 × 50 in. (101.6 × 127 cm)
 Frame: 40 7/8 × 50 7/8 × 2 in. (103.9 × 129.3 × 5.1 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the S. I. Morris Photography Endowment
Object number2011.254
Non exposé

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Photography
Object Type
Provenance[Gallery Luisotti, Santa Monica, California]; purchased by MFAH, 2011.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
No visible marks or inscriptions - framed

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A dumping ground for an abandoned Russian-era bomber that has now been incorporated into the car park of ‘Shamshad TV’, a new media company heavily supported by American money.
Simon Norfolk
A dumping ground for an abandoned Russian-era bomber that has now been incorporated into the car park of ‘Shamshad TV’, a new media company heavily supported by American money.
2010–2011, printed September 2011
Chromogenic print
2016.224.25
At Wasalabad high above West Kabul. It has taken 26 men from the Mine Detection Centre and four de-mining dogs more than three months to clear mines from an area the size of a few soccer pitches. Kabul’s rapid expansion has increased pressure for building land. Mined areas that were once marginal are now in demand for house construction.
Simon Norfolk
At Wasalabad high above West Kabul. It has taken 26 men from the Mine Detection Centre and four de-mining dogs more than three months to clear mines from an area the size of a few soccer pitches. Kabul’s rapid expansion has increased pressure for building land. Mined areas that were once marginal are now in demand for house construction.
2010–2011, printed September 2011
Chromogenic print
2016.224.44
The peripheries of the city of Kabul, especially to the north and east are endless building sites. Since most of the documentation concerning land title was lost during the war, much of this speculative and illegal construction is concerned more with establishing undisputable ‘facts on the ground’. Apartments and shops are, almost exclusively, unoccupied.
Simon Norfolk
The peripheries of the city of Kabul, especially to the north and east are endless building sites. Since most of the documentation concerning land title was lost during the war, much of this speculative and illegal construction is concerned more with establishing undisputable ‘facts on the ground’. Apartments and shops are, almost exclusively, unoccupied.
2010–2011, printed September 2011
Chromogenic print
2016.224.24
The armoury of the British Embassy. The Embassy has a guard force of five hundred.
Simon Norfolk
The armoury of the British Embassy. The Embassy has a guard force of five hundred.
2010–2011, printed September 2011
Chromogenic print
2016.224.82
There are 16,000 US Marines aboard Camp Leatherneck spread over 1,600 acres. Empty shipping containers are used as storage, wind breaks or blast walls. In May 2010 a mysterious fire, that may have been sabotage, destroyed 9 acres of containers. It burned so furiously that fire fighters even lost two of their fire engines.
Simon Norfolk
There are 16,000 US Marines aboard Camp Leatherneck spread over 1,600 acres. Empty shipping containers are used as storage, wind breaks or blast walls. In May 2010 a mysterious fire, that may have been sabotage, destroyed 9 acres of containers. It burned so furiously that fire fighters even lost two of their fire engines.
2010–2011, printed September 2011
Chromogenic print
2016.224.95
Residents of the southern suburbs of Beirut, bombed from their homes in the Israeli war against Lebanon in the summer of 2006, camping in central Beirut's parks
Simon Norfolk
Residents of the southern suburbs of Beirut, bombed from their homes in the Israeli war against Lebanon in the summer of 2006, camping in central Beirut's parks
2006
Chromogenic print
2014.901
‘Radio TV Mountain’ in the centre of Kabul seen from where the Kabul River cuts through the mountains creating the Deh Mazang gorge. In the First Anglo-Afghan War it was the site of a crucial skirmish and hasty retreat by badly outnumbered British cavalry who had blundered into the midst of a massive Afghan army.
Simon Norfolk
‘Radio TV Mountain’ in the centre of Kabul seen from where the Kabul River cuts through the mountains creating the Deh Mazang gorge. In the First Anglo-Afghan War it was the site of a crucial skirmish and hasty retreat by badly outnumbered British cavalry who had blundered into the midst of a massive Afghan army.
2010–2011, printed September 2011
Chromogenic print
2016.224.3
Wasteland at the back of shops used as stabling for draft horses. In the distance is the Bala Hissar citadel, now home to an Afghan Army base and mooring for one of the American blimps that carry electronic surveillance gear and cameras.
Simon Norfolk
Wasteland at the back of shops used as stabling for draft horses. In the distance is the Bala Hissar citadel, now home to an Afghan Army base and mooring for one of the American blimps that carry electronic surveillance gear and cameras.
2010–2011, printed September 2011
Chromogenic print
2016.224.10
Image non disponible pour A snipers-eye-view of Rafah, in the Southern Gaza strip, during an Israeli military sweep
Ziv Koren
A snipers-eye-view of Rafah, in the Southern Gaza strip, during an Israeli military sweep
August 2006, printed 2012
Inkjet print
2013.17
Fidar Bridge, bombed by the Israelis, early on 4 August. The bridge is the main motorway running north from Beirut to the border
Simon Norfolk
Fidar Bridge, bombed by the Israelis, early on 4 August. The bridge is the main motorway running north from Beirut to the border
August 4, 2006
Inkjet print
2011.253
On the very northern edge of Kabul. A shipping container is re-purposed as home to men working in a yard casting concrete blast walls. Each section, when sold to foreign embassies or the military, fetches $1000 per piece.
Simon Norfolk
On the very northern edge of Kabul. A shipping container is re-purposed as home to men working in a yard casting concrete blast walls. Each section, when sold to foreign embassies or the military, fetches $1000 per piece.
2010–2011, printed September 2011
Chromogenic print
2016.224.15
A village with windmills seen from a distance
Jan van Goyen
A village with windmills seen from a distance
1650–1651
Black chalk with brush and grey wash on laid paper
2021.298