Book description
When a scruffy young artist sets out post 9/11 to make a portrait
of the Middle East, he has no idea what he will find or how he will
live. Henry Hemming's extraordinary journey takes him from the
drug-fuelled ski-slopes of Iran via some of the region's secret
beaches, army barracks, nightclubs, torture chambers and brothels to a
Fourth of July party with GIs in one of Saddam Hussein's former palaces.
A once-in-a-lifetime journey, full of youthful ebullience and
idealism, but self-aware too, and brave." Colin Thubron, author of
The Lost Heart of Asia and Behind the Wall. Henry Hemming is a young
artist living in London who has written extensively in periodicals such
as Islamica, Resurgence, Nomad and The Middle East. His book Off Screen,
depicting images and artwork from his Middle East journey, was widely
celebrated throughout the art world. View his work at www. henryhemming.
com.
