"He had wild hair and wore jeans. He was #American and #Jewish. He had a #camera.

That was enough to trigger #surveillance by the notorious #secretpolice of #communist #Romania, the #Securitate.

Now, 41 years after #photojournalist #EdwardSerotta boldly stepped behind the #IronCurtain, we can see just how obsessed the #Romanians were with him, thanks to a short #documentary by renowned #Romanian #director #RaduJude and #historian #AdrianCioflâncă.

“Plan contraplan/Shot Reverse Shot,” which had its world premiere at the #Berlinale international #film festival last month, gives equal time to #Serotta’s reminiscences about Romania in the 1980s, and to the Securitate’s observations of him."

https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/article-891098

Decades after Romania’s secret police trailed a Jewish photographer, their files have become a film

“Plan contraplan/Shot Reverse Shot,” which premiered at the Berlinale international film festival, features photojournalist Edward Serotta’s reminiscences about Romania in the 1980s.

The Jerusalem Post

Sono qui, in piedi sul ciglio di questa luce nuova. Con le mani sporche di vita e gli occhi pieni di domani

Un abbraccio, Ale

Milano, marzo 2026

#photography #photos #photojournalist #streetPhotography #milano #art #artist #fotografie

#rewatch 📲 +972 Mag #photojournalist Oren Ziv examines Israel’s wartime #military #censorship amid its conflict with #iran, shedding light on how information is controlled during periods of escalation

He also highlights a surge in violent settler attacks on Palestinian communities in the #westbank, particularly targeting herding communities in the Northern #jordanvalley under the cover of #war

#news #coverage #palestine

Video: Arab Talk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N0pr3muss5I

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