Raghed Waked, originally working as a club photographer in Beirut, has redirected his career towards documenting the ongoing Israeli conflict, aiming to capture the human impact of war.
‘Now I wait on the hill for the Israeli bomb to drop’: Beirut nightclub photographer moves to a more serious beat Raghed Waked switched from club photography to war photography in Lebanon : 'My mentality changed a lot and I think I want to play a role in documenting the atrocities we see every day in human history.
He was soon offered assignments, and travelled across much of the country, photographing air strikes and rescue operations, the destruction of people’s homes and the funerals of some of the nearly 4,000 people killed. “I think during parties, I used to wait a lot at the front of house for the perfect moment ... Now I’m waiting on the hill for the Israeli bomb to drop, you know? So I can take a picture, which is frightening at the same time, it runs your adrenaline through your whole body.”, where he worked, was ranked in the top 100 clubs in the world by DJ Mag. It has been open for around a decade, with a capacity of about 1,350 people across three rooms.
On November 27th, a ceasefire between Israel and Hizbullah came into force. In Beirut, clubbers were out en masse the following weekend, with some venues even turning away people after reaching capacity.
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