A State Against Its People

Philipp rendered a stark visual counterpart to the piece “Ein Staat gegen sein Volk,” which documents unprecedented nationwide protests in Iran and the regime’s extreme violence against its own population.

Philipp's image resonates with the article’s raw testimony of streets overflowing with people and then drenched in blood, underscoring a collapse where hope and fear collide. 

The illustration is direct and symbolic, its tightly controlled forms reinforcing the article’s account of state violence and internal fracture.

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