Dubai-based photographer and filmmaker Celia Peterson was so moved by what she saw when she visited Gaza for the first time, she decided she had to do something to help those in need there.
She is now put the fruits of her labour towards helping the Palestine Children’s Relief Fund (PCRF) raise money for a much-needed children’s cancer hospital in the war-ravaged territory.
“I’ve been a photographer for 15 years, shooting a mixture of commercial and editorial, and more recently moving to a documentary style of long-term, post-war zone reportage, as well as film making, but I had no idea how I was going to react in Gaza,” Peterson says. “I’d never seen anything like it – there was such devastation. People say to me, ‘Were you traumatised?’ But really it’s not my experience. I get to fly away and go home and eat nice food afterwards. The Gazans don’t.”
The main reason for the visit to Gaza was a personal photography and film project, but Peterson made the most of her time there. In addition to working on her own project, she shot two short films as well – one for the charity Thirsting for Justice, which campaigns for Palestinian water rights in the infrastructure-devastated territories, and one to help with PCRF’s fund raising campaign.
She is also donating her photographs and films to an exhibition PCRF is holding at Art Plus in Dubai, which will open on March 22.
Original article by Chris Newbould
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