Anoymous, 1970s (from the series Objects of Study/Studio Shehrazade/Hashem El Madani/ Studio Practices)
Akram Zaatari
- Fecha
- 2006
- Medio
- Gelatin silver print on paper
- Dimensión
- 29 x 29 cm, 43.4 x 43.4 x 3.5 cm (framed)
- Crédito
TBA21 Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary Collection
- Esta obra de arte forma parte de la donación y el préstamo a largo plazo de TBA21 al Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza.
Detalles
The Madani Project takes the entire archive of studio Shehrazade as a study material to understand the complex relationship, which ties a studio photographer to his working space, his equipment, working tools, economy, aesthetics, and further explores his ties to his clients, society, and the city in general.
Initiated by Akram Zaatari and the Arab Image Foundation, the project meets, on one hand Zaatari's interest in living situations as objects of study that testify on modern traditions and complex social relationships, and on the other hand the Arab Image Foundation's commitment to preserving, indexing and studying photographic collections in the Arab world.
The Madani Project takes shape in a series of thematic exhibitions, publications, and videos centered on photographer Hashem el Madani (1928-) and his work.
With this project, the archive of studio Shehrazade is gradually being identified, described, and preserved in the collection of the Arab Image Foundation.
"Hashem el Madani: Studio Practics" studies conventions that shape the making if Studio portraiture, and focuses on the studio as a space for play in a socially conservative society such as the one of Saida in the 1950s and 1960s.
