Inspired by global shifts towards “risk society,” especially post-9/11, the project explores the cultivativation of  fear and hyper-vigilance.

Airstrikes

A study on subconscious bias, the project examines the ways in which “common knowledge” is cued by prejudice or challenged by contradictory world-views.  

War on the Brain

Life During Wartime - Charcoal



“Insecurity” parallels the United States, Germany and Israel/Palestine, each of which having representative challenges defining the boundaries between security, public space and civil liberties. Inspired by global shifts towards “risk society,” especially post-9/11 and in response to the current trends of crime and global terrorism, “Insecurity” examines the cultivation of  fear and hyper-vigilance.


Insecurity

Life During Wartime - Watercolors

“In der Fremde: Pictures from Home” is a haunting, cinematic photobook about Berlin & the search for home. Framed by essays & stories by renowned writers, the photographs are tinged with a deep sense of longing & touch on themes of migration, belonging & the search for a home. 

Photos by Romeo Alaeff 

Essays by Yuval Noah Harari, Christian Rattemeyer, Charles Simic, Eva Hoffman, Rory MacLean, Joseph Kertes, Meron Hadero, and Romeo Alaeff.

Hatje Cantz, Germany, 2020 
Purchase signed photobook via Degrasse Projects: https://degrasseprojects.com/portfolio/romeo-alaeff-in-der-fremde

International distribution of the trade edition worldwide goes through Hatje Cantz's distribution partners (DAP for North America and Thames & Hudson for the rest of the world, excluding Germany, Austria and Switzerland, which is handled directly by Hatje Cantz.)


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