Gaddafi killed by bullet in head. That’s for Lockerbie. And for Yvonne Fletcher. And IRA Semtex Victims. The Sun, October 21st, 2011, C-type print, 150 x 190 cm, 2011, Unique Work
Portable Monuments continues the artists' preoccupation with Brecht's remarkable 1955 publication War Primer. Using a series of coloured blocks as a lexicon, Broomberg and Chanarin have developed a code that - like Brecht's poems - has become a methodology for interrogating and deconstructing photographic press images. Their code has evolved through a series of workshops and is designed to function as a pedagogic tool. Each workshop is a collaborative effort to refine the code. The assemblages shown here are the results of these debates.
A day filled with romance, pageantry and playfullness in sealed with a kiss. The Telegraph, May 4, 2011, C-type print, 150 x 190 cm, 2011, Unique Work
Portable Monuments continues the artists' preoccupation with Brecht's remarkable 1955 publication War Primer. Using a series of coloured blocks as a lexicon, Broomberg and Chanarin have developed a code that - like Brecht's poems - has become a methodology for interrogating and deconstructing photographic press images. Their code has evolved through a series of workshops and is designed to function as a pedagogic tool. Each workshop is a collaborative effort to refine the code. The assemblages shown here are the results of these debates.
Horror... She lies dying. The Sun, June 23, 2009., C-type print, 150 x 190 cm, 2011, Unique Work
Portable Monuments continues the artists' preoccupation with Brecht's remarkable 1955 publication War Primer. Using a series of coloured blocks as a lexicon, Broomberg and Chanarin have developed a code that - like Brecht's poems - has become a methodology for interrogating and deconstructing photographic press images. Their code has evolved through a series of workshops and is designed to function as a pedagogic tool. Each workshop is a collaborative effort to refine the code. The assemblages shown here are the results of these debates.
London suicide bombers (L-R) Hasib Hussain, Germaine Lindsay, Mohammed Sidique Khan and Shehzad Tanweer are captured on CCTV at Luton railway station on 7 July 2005. The Guardian, Thursday April 22, 2010., C-type print, 150 x 190 cm, 2011, Unique Work
Portable Monuments continues the artists' preoccupation with Brecht's remarkable 1955 publication War Primer. Using a series of coloured blocks as a lexicon, Broomberg and Chanarin have developed a code that - like Brecht's poems - has become a methodology for interrogating and deconstructing photographic press images. Their code has evolved through a series of workshops and is designed to function as a pedagogic tool. Each workshop is a collaborative effort to refine the code. The assemblages shown here are the results of these debates.
Fuller faced: Madonna at the opening of a gym this week. The Daily Mail, December 1, 2010, C-type print, 150 x 190 cm, 2011, Unique Work
Portable Monuments continues the artists' preoccupation with Brecht's remarkable 1955 publication War Primer. Using a series of coloured blocks as a lexicon, Broomberg and Chanarin have developed a code that - like Brecht's poems - has become a methodology for interrogating and deconstructing photographic press images. Their code has evolved through a series of workshops and is designed to function as a pedagogic tool. Each workshop is a collaborative effort to refine the code. The assemblages shown here are the results of these debates.
American targets: A ball of fire exploaded outward after the second of two jetliners slammed into the World Trade Center. Less than two hours later, both of the 110-story towers were gone. The New York Times, September 12, 2001, C-type print, 150 x 190 cm, 2011, Unique Work
Portable Monuments continues the artists' preoccupation with Brecht's remarkable 1955 publication War Primer. Using a series of coloured blocks as a lexicon, Broomberg and Chanarin have developed a code that - like Brecht's poems - has become a methodology for interrogating and deconstructing photographic press images. Their code has evolved through a series of workshops and is designed to function as a pedagogic tool. Each workshop is a collaborative effort to refine the code. The assemblages shown here are the results of these debates.
Joe Frazier on 15 May 1971 at the Rembrandtplein, not to box but to sing with The Knockouts. November 8, 2011, C-type print, 150 x 190 cm, 2011, Unique Work
Portable Monuments continues the artists' preoccupation with Brecht's remarkable 1955 publication War Primer. Using a series of coloured blocks as a lexicon, Broomberg and Chanarin have developed a code that - like Brecht's poems - has become a methodology for interrogating and deconstructing photographic press images. Their code has evolved through a series of workshops and is designed to function as a pedagogic tool. Each workshop is a collaborative effort to refine the code. The assemblages shown here are the results of these debates.
Osama Bin Laden, 1957-2011. An Emblem of Evil in the U.S., an Icon to the Cause of Terror. The New York Times, Monday, May 2, 2011., C-type print, 150 x 190 cm, 2011, Unique Work
Portable Monuments continues the artists' preoccupation with Brecht's remarkable 1955 publication War Primer. Using a series of coloured blocks as a lexicon, Broomberg and Chanarin have developed a code that - like Brecht's poems - has become a methodology for interrogating and deconstructing photographic press images. Their code has evolved through a series of workshops and is designed to function as a pedagogic tool. Each workshop is a collaborative effort to refine the code. The assemblages shown here are the results of these debates.
This photo from the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq is taken from a presentation by Philip Zimbardo on how ordinary people can, under the right circumstances, become evil. The New Yorker, March 24, 2008, C-type print, 150 x 190 cm, 2011, Unique Work
Portable Monuments continues the artists' preoccupation with Brecht's remarkable 1955 publication War Primer. Using a series of coloured blocks as a lexicon, Broomberg and Chanarin have developed a code that - like Brecht's poems - has become a methodology for interrogating and deconstructing photographic press images. Their code has evolved through a series of workshops and is designed to function as a pedagogic tool. Each workshop is a collaborative effort to refine the code. The assemblages shown here are the results of these debates.
Final journey: Michael Jackson’s body is unloaded from a helicopter at the Los Angeles morgue. He was declared dead at 2.26pm local time at UCLA Medical Centre. Evening Standard, 26 June, 2009., C-type print, 150 x 190 cm, 2011, Unique Work
Portable Monuments continues the artists' preoccupation with Brecht's remarkable 1955 publication War Primer. Using a series of coloured blocks as a lexicon, Broomberg and Chanarin have developed a code that - like Brecht's poems - has become a methodology for interrogating and deconstructing photographic press images. Their code has evolved through a series of workshops and is designed to function as a pedagogic tool. Each workshop is a collaborative effort to refine the code. The assemblages shown here are the results of these debates.
Protesters during the fighting near Tahir Square in Cairo on Sunday.By afternoon, at least 5,000 demonstrators were in the square, and the number quickly grew. International Herald Tribune, Monday, November 21, 2011., C-type print, 150 x 190 cm, 2011, Unique Work
Portable Monuments continues the artists' preoccupation with Brecht's remarkable 1955 publication War Primer. Using a series of coloured blocks as a lexicon, Broomberg and Chanarin have developed a code that - like Brecht's poems - has become a methodology for interrogating and deconstructing photographic press images. Their code has evolved through a series of workshops and is designed to function as a pedagogic tool. Each workshop is a collaborative effort to refine the code. The assemblages shown here are the results of these debates.
Tim Hetherington on assignment in the Korengal Valley, Afghanistan, where he made the Oscar-nominated film Restrepo. The Times, Thursday, April 21, 2011., C-type print, 150 x 190 cm, 2011, Unique Work
Portable Monuments continues the artists' preoccupation with Brecht's remarkable 1955 publication War Primer. Using a series of coloured blocks as a lexicon, Broomberg and Chanarin have developed a code that - like Brecht's poems - has become a methodology for interrogating and deconstructing photographic press images. Their code has evolved through a series of workshops and is designed to function as a pedagogic tool. Each workshop is a collaborative effort to refine the code. The assemblages shown here are the results of these debates.
Caught on film: campaigner who asked for police identification. The Guardian, Sunday, 21 June 2009. C-type print, 150 x 190 cm, 2011, Unique Work
Portable Monuments continues the artists' preoccupation with Brecht's remarkable 1955 publication War Primer. Using a series of coloured blocks as a lexicon, Broomberg and Chanarin have developed a code that - like Brecht's poems - has become a methodology for interrogating and deconstructing photographic press images. Their code has evolved through a series of workshops and is designed to function as a pedagogic tool. Each workshop is a collaborative effort to refine the code. The assemblages shown here are the results of these debates.