Anastasia Taylor-Lind
Stories No One Wants to Hear
Poetry Reading
Stories No One Wants to Hear
by Anastasia Taylor-Lind
From the perspective of a female photojournalist, these concise but complex and insightful poems draw on first-hand experience of war to explore how damage is generated and perpetuated.
How to tell a war story in pictures – always photograph wounded soldiers, frightened civilians, mourning relatives, the aftermath of shelling, food queues, the bus station, daily life continuing as normal. Wait outside the emergency department for casualties, look for fresh graves at the cemetery, drive to the frontline and see what happens.
–extract from ‘Field Notes’ by Anastasia Taylor-Lind
Anastasia Taylor-Lind
Anastasia Taylor-Lind is an English/Swedish photojournalist covering issues relating to women, war and violence. She is a National Geographic Magazine photographer, a TED fellow and a 2016 Harvard Nieman fellow. She writes poems about contemporary conflicts and the experiences she cannot photograph. One Language, her first poetry collection, will be published by Smith|Doorstop in Spring 2022.
Photo Credit: Tom Jamieson
Electrik Space – Jordi Bernadó Studio
C/Domènech, 4B. Local 2.
08012, Barcelona, Spain.
