Mapping Sitting: On Portraiture and Photography A Project by Walid Raad and Akram Zaatari – Arab Image Foundation. Grey Art Gallery www.nyu.edu/greyart, January 11–April 2, 2005 foto: Walid Raad and Akram Zaatari, detail of video installation of photo surprise photographs from Photo Jack archive dating from 1950s (Tripoli, Lebanon), 2002. DVD, 45-second loop. © Arab Image Foundation, W. Raad, A. Zaatari
In the beginning of the last century photography became popular in the Middle East. It reflects the changes of the culture of the emerging nationstates of Arab world. Nationalist liberation movements come along with evolving awareness of geography and identity. next>>>