The Erasure of Palestine by Ahmad Al-Bazz

Award-winning Palestinian photographer Ahmad Al-Bazz presents a groundbreaking new work, The Erasure of Palestine, the result of a three-year journey documenting the remnants of hundreds of Palestinian villages and towns depopulated and destroyed from 1948 to the present. Through his lens, Al-Bazz confronts history, memory, and contemporary occupation, offering a stark counter-narrative to the dominant historical record.

In this compelling volume, over 80 haunting images are paired with incisive text, blending visual evidence, field research, and historical testimony. The work traces how what began as acts of ethnic cleansing have evolved into a sustained strategy of occupation and erasure. The photographs capture landscapes scarred by the passage of time, revealing the ongoing impact of colonization while foregrounding the stories of communities that continue to resist disappearance.

Al-Bazz’s project is more than photography; it is documentation and resistance. By merging visual, historical, and journalistic evidence, the book creates a powerful, multi-layered narrative accessible to scholars, activists, and anyone engaged with human rights, history, and visual culture.



Born in 1993 in Nablus, Palestine, Ahmad Al-Bazz is an award-winning independent photographer, journalist, and documentary filmmaker. A member of the Activestills Photography Collective since 2012, Al-Bazz has spent years capturing stories of social and political relevance, from the personal to the collective. The Erasure of Palestine is his most ambitious work to date, offering an unflinching look at the consequences of displacement and the politics of memory.

The book is essential reading for those interested in documentary photography, Middle Eastern politics, post-colonial studies, and human rights. Its audience spans academics, students, activists, and museum or gallery professionals working in photography, conflict, and memory studies. Libraries and institutions with contemporary social documentary collections will find it a critical addition.

A series of talks and events around the publication will take place in early 2026, offering audiences the opportunity to engage directly with Al-Bazz’s work and its broader historical and cultural context.

The Erasure of Palestine stands as both an artistic achievement and a call to witness: a record of what has been lost, a testimony to resilience, and a reminder that landscapes, like memory, can be both erased and reclaimed.