October 2,  2001 – January 21, 2002 at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA

Karen and I saw a few of Ms. Ristelhueber’s photographs a couple of years ago at the Museum of Modern Art (New York). They were part of MOMA’s annual New Photography selections. We were struck then by the power of her work.

The current exhibit, Sophie Ristelhueber: Details of the World, at the MFA includes “Fait”, 71 approximately 4 ft x 4 ft photographs taken in the deserts of Kuwait shortly after the end of the “Desert Storm” war. Some are taken from a helicopter and others are at ground level. All are intensely detailed but in some strange way quite abstract in their impact. This is accentuated in the exhibition by the juxtaposition of aerial and close-ups so that at first glance one can not be sure which is which. This is the scene of modern warfare.

Another series of photographs entitled” Beirut” are 31 small black and white photographs of a streetscape in war torn Beirut. Another confrontation with the results of war.

There is more here in this extensive exhibit. We highly recommend it.

Every One, #3, 1994 Black and white photograph mounted on fiberboard 106 x 71 inches, unique installation at the Centraal Museum, Utrecht. (Picture to left and text description above borrowed from MFA web site 01/15/02)