Richard Mosse - The Enclave
Contextualisation Exercise
What genre/s does Richard Mosse’s ‘The Enclave’
fit into?
Fine Art (because of the fact that this is a gallery showing) would be the main genre and the sub genres would be documentary and war.
What is the history that relates to this
project?
A war in the Eastern Congo, Africa, that isn't widely reported because of how complicated it is.
Is there anything in his own history that
influences this work?
Mosse grew up with war in his hometown of Ireland so he's no stranger to it, although he's not comfortable with it. It's a gruesome subject that interested him and wanted to portray in a beautiful way.
Why did he choose to use the Kodak infared film
for the project?
How does the use of this film fit into the
documentary genre?
16mm Kodak Infrared film that only lasts 7 days out of the freezer. He used this film because the military used to use it in terms of finding hidden camouflage.
How many times has he been to the Eastern Congo
for this project?
Why do you think he has been back so many
times?
He went back multiple times, perhaps in hopes of seeing something different teach time.
What justification does he have for creating
such beautiful images to represent such horrific events? Why would he be criticized for this? How does
this differ from other war photographs you have seen?
He doesn't see any destruction in the pink colouring because of how black and white is used and seen as "closer to the truth". I think because war is seen as such a gruesome entity that people thought he was being offence towards its nature and depicting it as something so beautiful that should be continued.
This differs from other war photographs because there is no blood or gore in the photographs. Everyone is alive and there is no destruction seen, just pure humanity in these disastrous circumstances. He also believes that if you want someone to feel something and have an emotional impact on them, the sharpest tool in the box to do that is beauty.
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