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Nazar: Photographs From The Arab World | 
 enlarge | Authors: Negar Azimi, Isolde Brielmaier, Michket Krifa, Peter Lewis, Issam Nassar, Issa Touma, Sherifa Zuhur
Creator: Wim Melis
Publisher: Aperture
Category: Book
List Price: $40.00
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Sales Rank: 1148137
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 268
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.9
Dimensions (in): 9.4 x 9.3 x 1.3
ISBN: 1931788855
Dewey Decimal Number: 770.92256
EAN: 9781931788854
ASIN: 1931788855
Publication Date: September 15, 2005
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In an essay here, cultural critic and curator Negar Azimi articulates a singular problem of being a photographer in the Arab Middle East. "Taswir" (or picture making), according to many Arab scholars, is prohibited by Muslim law, thus the "notorious adage 'mamnous el taswir' (forbidden to photograph) . . . Exists in ubiquitous fashion, seemingly at every turn of the photographer's visual field." Keeping that in mind makes this unprecedented and multifaceted view of the Arab world as seen through the eyes of 56 Arab and Western photographers, the only current survey of its kind, an especially stimulating collection. Western readers will be introduced to multiple generations of photographers (male and female) previously little known outside the Middle East. Originally assembled for the highly acclaimed exhibition Nazar at the Noorderlicht Festival in the Netherlands, these pictures comprise the largest compilation of Arab photographs ever exhibited in the West. Covering both documentary and fine art photography and ranging from North Africa to Lebanon and Palestine, from Iraq to Syria and Saudi Arabia, this book will open an often shuttered world. For example, Nadia Benchallal, who has assisted Annie Liebowitz and Arthur Elgort, offers black-and-white portraits of people who straddle Algerian-French culture, and Randa Shaath has recorded, from her high-rise apartment in Cairo, the lives of a shadow society of rooftop dwellers in the city. Nazar, which means "seeing, insight, reflection" in Arabic, challenges preconceptions and reveals a complexity of Arab life not glimpsed on the nightly news.
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The most diverse gathering of Arab photos ever seen in the West April 20, 2006
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NAZAR: PHOTOGRAPHS FROM THE ARAB WORLD is a stunning gathering pairing essays by seven international writers with the largest and most diverse collection of Arab photos ever seen in the West. While NAZAR accompanies a traveling exhibition, it also stands solidly and well on its on, providing three sections of images contrasting vintage images from the Arab world with Western perceptions of the cultural and aesthetic forces which have shaped Arab presentations. Black and white and color images alike make NAZAR a study in contrasts and ideas, making for powerful presentations unparalleled in either the photography or Arab culture library. Highly recommended: a 'must have' pick.
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