I thought you'd enjoy seeing a CNN.com interview with me about the WAR-TOYS project. In the next few days, they'll also be posting a portfolio of photographs from my first trip to the Middle East. I'm flattered that the series was chosen to be one of the inaugural posts on CNN's soon-to-launch photography blog.
My humble thanks to everyone at CNN/Turner, especially Barbara Griffin, Michael Ouweleen, Mike Toppo, Cyndi Strand, Asieh Namdar, Nick Scott, Matthew Rond, John Nowak, and Adam Fuchs. When you have a moment, I hope you'll watch the resulting interview and check out the photo blog when it goes live. I'll be sure to post a link on the WAR-TOYS blog.
With the photos releasing soon, I thought you'd enjoy a look at one that I feel very strongly about. The above drawing was created by a little boy under the care of the Ibdaa Cultural Center inside the Dheisheh Refugee Camp. I used the drawing as literal art direction for the subsequent photo of locally bought toys staged alongside the West Bank barrier wall.
This photo/drawing pair will be exhibited alongside other work from WAR-TOYS by the South African foundation Freedom to Create. Remarkable humanitarian and women's rights advocate Graça Machel will be opening the exhibition in Cape Town on November 17th.
In addition to selecting work for the touring exhibition, Freedom to Create also commended WAR-TOYS and shortlisted it for their annual grant prize competition. I'm truly humbled to be alongside so many creatives doing such brilliant and impactful work. Included are artists such as Ai Wei Wei and journalists such as Roxana Saberi.
I've launched a Kickstarter campaign to raise funds for my next trip to the Middle East this winter. Contributions will pay for expenses such as crew, airfare, local travel, equipment, toy props, and art therapy supplies.
From $5 to $5000, there are giving incentives for every budget. Featured is a limited edition folio of six WAR-TOYS prints. Conceived of and built by fellow artist and Grammy-award-winning package designer Hugh Brown, the folios are housed in surplus, French military medical kits, specially repurposed. Each one is unique, inside and out.
I hope you'll consider becoming a backer and allow my work to continue.
Thank you,
Brian
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