In 2019, Anwar Sanaa was thirty-five years old and a freelance photojournalist struggling to support his wife and three children. He and his family lived in Gaza City.
Sanaa (a pseudonym) took whatever work he could find—which, in Gaza, wasn’t much. He sold photos to news agencies and various websites. He sold shoes in a market and sometimes found work with a glass and aluminum installation company. He kept taking photos of daily life in Gaza and posting them on his Facebook and Instagram accounts.
