Al-Qaeda reportedly had several major training camps in Yemen until the late 1990s, when the Yemeni government uprooted them. U.S. officials say there may be a few smaller ones left... According to the State Department, al-Qaeda’s operational structure in Yemen has been “weakened and dispersed” since September 11. But Islamists affiliated with al-Qaeda still maintain a presence.... My travels in yemen were related to what would be it like for a person to survive in such harsh arid land. I have been looking at “things” left behind by people anonymous to me. To me this image represent installation art or land art in nature,with manmade objects and environment influences.
Al-Qaeda reportedly had several major training camps in Yemen until the late 1990s, when the Yemeni government uprooted them. U.S. Officials say there may be a few smaller ones left... According to the State Department, al-Qaeda’s operational structure in Yemen has been “weakened and dispersed†since September 11. But Islamists affiliated with al-Qaeda still maintain a presence
As an artist my work is really focused on conflict issues not in terms of hardcore documentary/journalistic way but more as the larger political underline to the issues. My travels in Yemen were related to what would be it like for a person to survive in such harsh arid land. I have been looking at “things†left behind by people anonymous to me. To me this image represent installation art or land art in nature, with manmade objects and environment influences.