DDK is a live magazine with different guests from various disciplines of photography. The evening consists of short interviews and presentations, current affairs on photography and attention to interesting events and exhibitions. A regular feature of the program is ‘the pitch’. Three photographers will have the chance to use the principle of crowdfunding to collect money for their photo project. DDK is a collaboration between DuPho, Pakhuis de Zwijger Amsterdam and PhotoQ. The first episode was in Amsterdam in 2011.

In DDK #29 on 19 September, Issa Touma was interviewed by Edie Peters. He talked about the three projects he iniated and developed with Paradox: Women We Have Not Lost Yet, 9 Days – From My Window in Aleppo, and Studio Aleppo. Other gasts at this live magazine on photography were author Merel Bem, photographer Lien Botha and curator Annemarie Zethof (Ibasho gallery).

 

Talkshow

19 Sep 2016, 20.00

Pakhuis de Zwijger, Amsterdam

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      The war in Syria demolished major parts of the city of Aleppo. Public buildings, apartment blocks and shops are bombed and looted, sometimes leaving personal belongings scattered through the streets. One morning in 2015, Syrian photographer Issa Touma found the remains of a collection of glass plates, negatives and prints from a photo studio...