Struggling To Share The Promised Land
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EXHIBITION
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About David Lurie
David Lurie was born in Cape Town. He studied economics, politics and philosophy and taught philosophy at the University of Cape Town. From 1980 to 1985 he undertook research in the Department of International Relations at the London School of Economics, after which he worked as a consultant-economist in London. A self-taught photographer, he began doing documentary projects part-time in 1990 and full-time in 1995.
Lurie’s work has been widely published in magazines and he has exhibited in the United Kingdom, Europe, the United States, Australia, South Africa and the Middle East. He is the recipient of numerous awards including Pictures of the Year International; the World Understanding Award for Cape Town Fringe: Manenberg Avenue is where it’s Happening; Nikon (UK); Ilford Pro Photo (SA); and Arts Council of Great Britain Award Grants. He has worked closely with Side Photography Gallery (Newcastle-upon-Tyne), which commissioned several of his South African exhibitions as well as ‘Struggling to Share the Promised Land’ on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. In 1993 the Getty Museum (Los Angeles) commissioned the exhibition ‘South Africa’s Black Middle-Class’.
For the past 10 years, David Lurie has collaborated with the London based designer Richard Wilding on the editing and production of his books and exhibitions. For more information about David, visit his website.
Lurie’s work has been widely published in magazines and he has exhibited in the United Kingdom, Europe, the United States, Australia, South Africa and the Middle East. He is the recipient of numerous awards including Pictures of the Year International; the World Understanding Award for Cape Town Fringe: Manenberg Avenue is where it’s Happening; Nikon (UK); Ilford Pro Photo (SA); and Arts Council of Great Britain Award Grants. He has worked closely with Side Photography Gallery (Newcastle-upon-Tyne), which commissioned several of his South African exhibitions as well as ‘Struggling to Share the Promised Land’ on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. In 1993 the Getty Museum (Los Angeles) commissioned the exhibition ‘South Africa’s Black Middle-Class’.
For the past 10 years, David Lurie has collaborated with the London based designer Richard Wilding on the editing and production of his books and exhibitions. For more information about David, visit his website.