Edgar Martins: Anton’s Hand is made of Guilt. No Muscle of Bone. He has a Gung-ho Finger and a Grief-stricken Thumb

Opening: 30th January from 18:00 to 21:00. From 30th January to 29th March 2025

…Carried out in the north of Africa, between 2018 and 2024, this project, partly documentary and partly speculation, is based on a moving personal story: the death and disappearance of Edgar Martin’s close friend, photojournalist Anton Hammerl, during the Libyan war in 2011. Hammerl’s heartbreaking story is his launch pad to explore the decisive but nonsensical role of photography in war zones, the ecosystem of misinformation surrounding modern conflicts and the representation of death and personal loss….