Documentary

Beirut

On 02. August 2020, a huge amount of ammonium nitrate explodes in the port of Beirut. More than 200 people die, thousands are injured and more than 300,000 people lose their homes.

In October, the devastating effects of the explosion can still be seen and felt everywhere in Beirut, no one who has not suffered a loss. Despite the horror, most of the people I meet are full of confidence for the future.

Documentary photo from Beirut: a man sits on a chair in front of a gutted, fire-blackened building amid rubble, beside a church with a saint’s image

Documentary photo: wrecked steel structure with twisted corrugated metal at night, a damaged high-rise behind it under dark clouds

Documentary photo of an older security guard in a white uniform, face mask pulled down, standing in a devastated, debris-strewn building in warm evening light

Documentary photo: a white sign with a green cedar and red text reading “There's still hope” leans against a pitted concrete wall in low sunlight

Documentary shot in Beirut: armed soldier beside a billboard quoting “Beyrouth: Elle est mille fois morte, mille fois revécue”, backlit by the sun

Night documentary shot of a gutted building with dangling cables and a “Beyond your expectation” sign, rubble and high-rises beside it

Documentary photo of a person in a green protective suit, face shield and mask holding a test tube in front of a stained beige wall

Documentary photo of an empty hospital stretcher in front of two open elevator shafts showing level -2, debris on the floor, warm light inside

Documentary photo of a makeshift bed, a board on hollow concrete blocks with a brown blanket, in an empty, unfinished concrete room

Legs of a person in a yellow dress and brown strappy sandals with an ankle tattoo, standing on a tree grate beside a trunk in the pavement

View through dark floor-to-ceiling windows past silhouetted palms to a harbor with container cranes on the sea, lit by warm low sunlight