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FAZ Illos

OCTOBER 10, 2012
Here a few recents for Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (kinda like the NYTimes of Germany).
First series is for a story about a journalist travelling to North Korea and the experiences and interactions with his assigned guide/driver, Herr Pak.
Since there was not a whole lot to go with in terms of concepts, it being a travelog of sorts, I focused on images/scenes described in the story and juxtaposing them so they would somewhat illustrate the discrepancies between the realty of this country and the reality the guide was busy to sell, the old and the new etc.
So more of a graphic approach than a conceptual one...
The cover:

And the inside illos...



Story number two is about a cleaning lady from the Phillipines living and working in Qatar. Her daily routine, different employers, the three men she's involved with, her dealings with the religious issues in said country etc...


Third one is about the German Author James Kruess.
About his most famous book, Timm Thaler, wherein a boy who sells his smile to an older man (the older man/ younger boy is a theme in all of his books).
About his problems with being a homosexual man in Germany in the sixties (and subsequent departure from said country to Gran Canaria) and his autobiography, which proved to be not quite as revealing as one might have expected.



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