Rania Matar: Where Do I Go?
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Author: Matar, Rania
In commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the Lebanese Civil War, Boston-based photographer Rania Matar collaborated with young Lebanese women to visualise their life stories and complex relationships to their beautiful, war-torn homeland. The series captures the women as they embrace life and its attendant risks: climbing on rocks, jumping fully dressed into dirty waterfalls, and trespassing into abandoned buildings. Essays that reflect upon life in Lebanon accompany Matar’s portraits. Having immigrated from Lebanon to the United States when she was 20, Matar sees herself in her portrait subjects – many of whom have found themselves at the same critical juncture, deliberating whether to stay or leave. Her photographs of the women are rooted in empathy and empowerment; she encouraged the women to become active participants in the image-making process, presiding over their bodies and making the environment their own.
ISBN 9786148065002. Kaph Books. hb. 240 pages. 147 colour, 24 b/w ills. 29.8 x 24.1 cm.
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In commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the Lebanese Civil War, Boston-based photographer Rania Matar collaborated with young Lebanese women to visualise their life stories and complex relationships to their beautiful, war-torn homeland. The series captures the women as they embrace life and its attendant risks: climbing on rocks, jumping fully dressed into dirty waterfalls, and trespassing into abandoned buildings. Essays that reflect upon life in Lebanon accompany Matar’s portraits. Having immigrated from Lebanon to the United States when she was 20, Matar sees herself in her portrait subjects – many of whom have found themselves at the same critical juncture, deliberating whether to stay or leave. Her photographs of the women are rooted in empathy and empowerment; she encouraged the women to become active participants in the image-making process, presiding over their bodies and making the environment their own.
ISBN 9786148065002. Kaph Books. hb. 240 pages. 147 colour, 24 b/w ills. 29.8 x 24.1 cm.
available