The Only House left Standing

The unfolding events in the run up to the Iraq war had given Tom Hurndall, a 21-year-old British photojournalist, an increased desire to journey to the Middle East. In February 2003, initially as an observer alongside the Human Shields, he left to record and photograph the truth for himself. We follow his journey first from Baghdad, then to Amman and the Al-Rweished refugee camp in Jordan, and finally to the town of Rafah in Gaza close to the Eqyptian border. On April 11th, unarmed and wearing an internationally recognizable orange peacekeeper jacket, he was severely wounded while carriyng Palestinian children to safety. He died nine months later in a London hospital. Photographs, extracts from his diary, emails and poems enable us to follow Tom's life and thoughts in the final weeks leading up to the shooting. It is realised through collaboration with the Hurndall family on the sixth anniversary of the fateful day.