Had on him, and on us . Motaz azaiza, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you for having me. It is a pleasure to have you. Take me back some years. The Young Motaz decided to take up the camera to start taking pictures in gaza. What was your motivation back then . My motivation was because i dont want to be a useless person. I was in High School and ifound my passion in photography. Because my father used to have, Like, a camera and i have a big album for me when i was young and i started taking pictures, capture everything. You say capture everything. What interests me is that for many years, while there was conflict in gaza there were various israeli incursions, hamas were operating in gaza, there was conflict, there was death, there was bloodshed your focus for a very long time was onjoyful subjects. Life. 0n beauty, on life and love. Because im someone Like, i hate wars, i hate the bombing, i hate the occupation, i hate everything. And because of the picture for gaza now, for the people out
Digital platforms of all kinds, and also theyre places where events go on, so they become very social. And i do events in libraries myself. I do readings for little ones performances, or i do readings about whats happened to me in my adult life, too. For adults. These events are nearly always free, and this encourages people to read and inquire and to find out about the world beyond themselves. But also, of course, libraries are places where you can find out more about yourself. You can regard them as mirrors as well as windows or doors that you go through. So, theyre incredibly important places. Now time for the weather with Stav Hello there we saw a lot more sunshine around across england and wales on tuesday. It was less gloomy and humid as well, but a cooler, fresher feel to things for the middle parts of the week for pretty much all areas, and well see a mixture of sunshine and showers. Now, this area of High Pressure has been trying to push in from the west to settle things down.
But then there are images, which maybe speak even louder. My guest is motaz azaiza, a Young Palestinian Photographer whose work has been seen by many millions around the world. He left gaza after 108 days of war. What impact have his pictures had on him, and on us . Motaz azaiza, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you for having me. It is a pleasure to have you. Take me back some years. The Young Motaz decided to take up the camera to start taking pictures in gaza. What was your motivation back then . My motivation was because i dont want to be a useless person. I was in High School and ifound my passion in photography. Because my father used to have, Like, a camera and i have a big album for me when i was young and i started taking pictures, capture everything. You say capture everything. What interests me is that for many years, while there was conflict in gaza there were various israeli incursions, hamas were operating in gaza, there was conflict, there was death, there was bloodshed your f
I don t want to be a useless person. I was in high school and ifound my passion in photography. . . . . Because my father used to have, like, a camera and i have a big album for me when i was young and i started taking pictures, capture everything. You say capture everything. What interests me is that for many years, while there was conflict in gaza there were various israeli incursions, hamas were operating in gaza, there was conflict, there was death, there was bloodshed your focus for a very long time was onjoyful subjects. Life. On beauty, on life and love. Because i m someone like, i hate wars, i hate the bombing, i hate the occupation, i hate everything. And because of the picture for gaza now, for the people outside, they think gaza is all about war and they think there is no life there. So i was the one who wanted to create and to make, to create and to make this picture clear for people. So i was taking pictures for life, forjoy, for the daily life of gazans. Wars and aggr
Paul neil we are getting details on the texas Helicopter Crash at the Mexican Border the killed three national guardsmen. Jeff paul has more from texas. Reporter investigators are still trying to figure out what went wrong. There are four people on board, three were killed, two being soldiers, one of them are Us Border Patrol agents. 1 4 person, the only survivor, was a soldier who was injured and is in critical condition, happening friday afternoon in texas, a small town in the rio grande valley, they were flying the uh 72 lakota helicopter. It was a federal support mission and this was not related texass operation lone star. We spoke with Chris Cabrera who had this to say about the ongoing crash investigation. They were tracking some people crossing the country and in the process of looking for them. They had a mechanical unit down in a hard landing. Reporter in eagle pass, texas, migrants continue to arrive at the Southern Border. Our cameras captured this group of 100 migrants at a