François Truffaut, shot a film in 1973 entitled The American Night. The movie takes as a reference the cinematographic technique of simulated night, also called Day for Night or Night Effect. The film analyzes up to which point a pretence might become more real than the reality itself for those who are playing it. Like Truffaut, we take the representation we receive about Iraq and use it to question the language of mass media. Based on the metaphor of the long night as the tragical situation Iraq is suffering, this project avoids the cliched images of war during the day. On the contrary it is focused on silent night situations that depict Iraq social reality, in a respectfull and non spectacular manner.
The romantic and precise lighting speaks indirectly about a very different situation to which we are used to receive. The fact that the exposures are so long and at night involve the unprotected presence of the photographer, a hiden fact that reinforces the critic against mass media manipulation.


This Project has been awarded with the Generation 2011 Prize by Caja Madrid.