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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Lifestyle
Imogen Carter

Photography: putting Saddam Hussein back in the frame – in pictures

Snapshot: Saddam is Here, 2009-2010
‘The idea for Saddam Is Here began in 2007 in Baghdad as I was covering the worst years of the conflict as a photojournalist. Saddam was dead but I felt as if he was still alive in the way people talked, lied, loved, dreamed and did politics’ Photograph: Jamal Penjweny/RUYA Foundation
Snapshot: Saddam is Here, 2009-2010
Saddam is Here, 2009-2010 Photograph: Jamal Penjweny/RUYA Foundation
Snapshot: Saddam is Here, 2009-2010
Saddam is Here, 2009-2010 Photograph: Jamal Penjweny/RUYA Foundation
Snapshot: Saddam is Here, 2009-2010
Saddam is Here, 2009-2010 Photograph: Jamal Penjweny/RUYA Foundation
Snapshot: Saddam is Here, 2009-2010
‘Some people I approached refused to take part. But many were smiling while putting the picture over their faces. For them it was a way of turning the past upside down.’ Photograph: Jamal Penjweny/RUYA Foundation
Snapshot: Saddam is Here, 2009-2010
Saddam is Here, 2009-2010 Photograph: Jamal Penjweny/RUYA Foundation
Snapshot: Saddam is Here, 2009-2010
Saddam is Here, 2009-2010 Photograph: Jamal Penjweny/RUYA Foundation
Snapshot: Saddam is Here, 2009-2010
‘All the people in the series, no matter where they're from, in Baghdad as in Erbil, in Basra as in Fallujah, have a shared history of fear that we should overcome together. To build a better future we have to confront our past. Art has a key role in this.’ Photograph: Jamal Penjweny/RUYA Foundation
Snapshot: Saddam is Here, 2009-2010
Saddam is Here, 2009-2010 Photograph: Jamal Penjweny/RUYA Foundation
Snapshot: Saddam is Here, 2009-2010
Saddam is Here, 2009-2010 Photograph: Jamal Penjweny/RUYA Foundation
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