Échos. La photographie à distance du conflit - édition limitée

The limited edition of Echoes includes the book and a head print limited to 20 copies + 5 artist’s proofs.

Images can help fan the flames. These photographs by Stephen Dock belong to the category of those that allow time for reflection.
– Joan Fontcuberta

In 2011, Stephen Dock, a young self-taught French photographer, set off to cover the war in Syria without a sponsor. He photographed resistance fighters, devastated streets, saturated hospitals, protest movements and the tragic daily lives of civilians. Continuing on to Jordan, Iraq, Lebanon, Lesbos and as far afield as Macedonia, his journey takes him beyond the epicenter of the conflict to the humanitarian and migratory crisis that ensued. More than a decade later, he questions this archive of thousands of images. Moving away from documentary treatment, Stephen Dock asserts himself in a process of reinterpretation and reappropriation of his photographs. He develops new forms, focusing on perception. From noise to silence, the photographer no longer turns directly to the subject. He no longer obeys the obsession to make images, but dissects them and operates on organic matter. By attempting to deconstruct a photographic register, Stephen Dock proposes a generic image of modern warfare.