Photobook Talk: Cengiz Yar + Victor J. Blue

Name: Photobook Talk: Cengiz Yar + Victor J. Blue
Start: 2026-05-18T18:30:00-04:00
End: 2026-05-18T19:30:00-04:00
Location: Bronx Documentary Center

Schedule

Mon May 18 2026 at 06:30 pm to 07:30 pm

UTC-04:00

Location

Bronx Documentary Center | Bronx, NY

Cengiz Yar joins Victor J. Blue for a discussion on his debut photobook 'This Alabaster Grave'.
About this Event

Photographer and editor Cengiz Yar presents his first monograph This Alabaster Grave in conversation with photojournalist Victor J. Blue.

Yar's photobook explores the overwhelming destruction and pain faced by the Iraqi city of Mosul, within the context of its history and unique, now largely ruined, architecture. It questions the cost of the fight against ISIS and the global war on terror with a focus on the lives and city that bore the brunt of its destructive force. The photographs were made between 2015 and 2023.

The book includes a foreword from Azmat Khan, an essay by Campbell MacDiarmid, and a pullout map. It is designed by Jason Koxvold of Gnomic Book and written in both English and Arabic. Learn about the photobook here.
🎟 This event is free and open to all. RSVPs are not required, but appreciated.
Seating is first come, first served.

Cengiz Yar (@cengizya) is a documentary photographer and editor based in El Paso, Texas. He has worked in visual journalism for over a decade, from reporting in the field to building groundbreaking online packages. He is the inaugural recipient of the James Foley Award for Conflict Reporting, a Pulitzer Prize finalist, and a Dart Center Ochberg Fellow in Journalism and Trauma.

Victor J. Blue (@victorblue) is a photojournalist whose work is most often concerned with the legacy of armed conflict, human rights and the protection of civilian populations, and unequal outcomes resulting from policy and politics. His work from around the world has appeared in The New York Times, The New Yorker, Harper’s Magazine, New York Times Magazine, Bloomberg Businessweek and leading publications from around the world.

The Bronx Documentary Center’s programming is made possible by the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs and the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature.