![Image: a digital/electronic artwork by nova Milne that mashes up old home movie footage in blue tones with soft-colored digital overlays bringing the past in conversation with the present.](https://www.nyfa.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/AFP2020nova_Lead-150x150.png)
![Image: a digital/electronic artwork by nova Milne that mashes up old home movie footage in blue tones with soft-colored digital overlays bringing the past in conversation with the present.](https://www.nyfa.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/AFP2020nova_HP1-150x150.png)
![Image: a digital/electronic artwork by nova Milne that mashes up old home movie footage in blue tones with soft-colored digital overlays bringing the past in conversation with the present.](https://www.nyfa.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/AFP2020nova_HP2-150x150.png)
![Image: A nurse with long brown hair poses on a New York City sidewalk wearing a headband, mask, scrubs, and an ID card. The background is blurred and they stand smiling and in focus in the center of the frame.](https://www.nyfa.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/CUNYNYHS_Lead-150x150.png)
![Image: A rectangular screen sits, suspended in air, on a custom-made metal frame within a gallery-like setting. The screen is separated into three parts, with a collage-like image placed within.](https://www.nyfa.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/AFPInfoSession_Blog2-150x150.png)
![Image: Close up image of a woman dancing. She is dancing and looking towards the sky, in the direction of the camera. The woman's curly blond hair moves in the air along with her dance movement. She is wearing a brown, yellow and black paisley patterned shirt and a large black skirt.](https://www.nyfa.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/JuliaLoiza-1-150x150.png)
![Image: Part of a series of large watercolors, depicting vast landscapes collaged together from various Ford commercials from the past to the present. Each watercolor has a bed or an office where Amazon Mechanical turk workers do their work.](https://www.nyfa.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/dd_blog4-150x150.png)
![Image Detail: A video still appears on a three-panel screen and is displayed in a custom powder-coated steel sculptural frame above a custom hand-tufted carpet in a gallery setting.](https://www.nyfa.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/novaMilne_Blog2-150x150.png)
![Image: Video still of grainy home movie footage collaged with footage from the present day; the focus is on an individual who is pictured from behind a digital screen.](https://www.nyfa.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/novaMilne_Blog3-150x150.png)
![Photo of 3 actors all in their late 20's, from left, Alexis Floyd as Sherrie: African-American woman, iris menas as Alex: non-binary white person, Aury Krebs as Tyler: Asian woman. Photo by Eric McNatt.](https://www.nyfa.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/WomensFund_FictionWeb-150x150.png)
![Image composite featuring headshots of Marylyn Dintenfass, Carmelita Tropicana, and Anne del Castillo, and an image of Brookfield Properties.](https://www.nyfa.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Hof2023_Blog-150x150.png)
![Image composite featuring headshots of Marylyn Dintenfass, Carmelita Tropicana, and Anne del Castillo, and an image of Brookfield Properties.](https://www.nyfa.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Hof2023_NewBlog-150x150.png)
![In the foreground, a sculpture roughly carved from a wildfire-charred 8-foot tall tree trunk depicts the somewhat ghoulish head of a woman with no eyes, her braided hair tied into a bun. Viewed from behind, the carving faces US Steel’s Clairton Coke Works, the largest manufacturer of refined coal in the US.](https://www.nyfa.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/AWAW23_Blog1-150x150.png)
![A group of black furniture in front of a window with yellow lighting, smaller lighting devices displayed on top of the furniture.](https://www.nyfa.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/QAF2024_HP1-150x150.png)
![Installation shot of images by Jonathan Gardenhire on a white gallery wall](https://www.nyfa.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Residencies_Blog5-150x150.png)
SPOTLIGHT: MOISES SAMAN IN PALESTINE
Moises Saman is a news photographer for New York Newsday whose images of Iraq, Palestine, Afghanistan, and other countries transcend reportage by inflicting uncanny sensations on the viewer.
The following is a series of unpublished photos from two of Saman’s trips to Palestine this year, most recently to cover Yasser Arafat’s death. Footage of young boys in the West Bank throwing rocks amid clouds of tear gas has become an iconic image of the Israeli-Palestinian dispute, and while Saman captures this repeated scene with grim intensity, arguably the most arresting images here are simply of daily life. Although violence isn’t a constant in Palestine, its ghost haunts many of these photos.
Moises Saman is a staff photographer for New York Newsday and has recently shown his photographs at the Fotografie Museum in Amsterdam; Satellite Gallery, New York; and in BlackBook magazine. A book of his photographs, titled This is War: A Witness to Man’s Destruction, was recently published by Edizione Charta.