Description
Smoke and Mirrors is a powerful photographic exhibition by award-winning photojournalist Seamus Murphy, featuring an extended photo essay centred on the West Bank city of Nablus.
Captured during the second intifada while working on the acclaimed Palestinian feature film Paradise Now in 2004, Murphy’s images explore how the carefully staged scenes on set often echoed the real-life tensions and rituals playing out on the streets of Nablus.
His new photographs, taken this spring in Nablus, reflect on the ongoing realities of occupation and the strength and endurance of the Palestinian people.
Visitors are invited to explore this compelling visual narrative that bridges past and present with raw emotional depth.
Recently featured in The Observer.
Artist
Seamus Murphy is a documentary photographer and filmmaker. Regardless of medium or subject, he strives in his work for intimacy and a poetic realism. As a photographer he has won seven World Press Photo awards, two for portraits, for his work in Afghanistan, Gaza, Lebanon, Sierra Leone, Peru, UK and Ireland. He undertakes long-term documentary projects and has been published and exhibited widely. He is in the collections of The Getty Museum, Imperial War Museum and FRAC, Auvergne, France.
Exhibition Details
26 June – 06 July 2025 | 10:00 – 19:00
Venue: One City Park, Bradford BD1 1SD
Event reference: EX005
Free Entry