PROFILE
Read Documentary and Metaphor: The Work of Karen Marshall.

Departing from street photography in the early 1980s and engaging in more intimate investigations of groups such as middle-class teenage girls living in New York City, Marshall’s most driven project to date is her series entitled “Between Girls” (1985–2005). A long-term study, this collection of photographs, audio recordings, and films reveals the changing lives of young, urban, middle-class women as they age from sixteen years old to thirty-nine....>>Click here to read more.

Originally printed in the March/April 2009 issue of Afterimage.

PROFILE
Read Cairo's Avant-Garde.

Although the term "avant-garde" may be a relic of modernism to some, it is an appropriate descriptive term for an emerging group of Egyptian artists often referred to in their community as "independent artists." Along Nabrawy Street, a small, gritty alley in downtown Cairo, where automobile repairmen fix cars in the middle of the street and a good cup of coffee or tea can be found for one or two Egyptian pounds, resides a fledgling yet important contemporary arts space: the Townhouse Gallery for Contemporary Art....>>Click here to read more.

Originally printed in the September/October 2008 issue of Afterimage.

REVIEW
Read Home in the Age of Globalization. A review of Camille Zakharia's exhibition, Double Vue at the Bahraini-French Cultural Centre, Muharraq, Kingdom of Bahrain.

Nestled in a historic alley in Muharraq, a governorate of Bahrain, lies the Bahraini-French Cultural Centre, which recently hosted Camille Zakharia’s solo exhibition “Double Vue,” consisting of playful yet contemplative, documentary-style photographs, examining notions of identity and globalization in regard to Bahrain....>>Click here to read more.

Originally printed in the July/August 2008 issue of Afterimage.

VIDEO INTERVIEW
Watch Lara Baladi discuss her show entitled, "Surface of Time" at B21 Gallery, Dubai using Quicktime Player.

Photographer and multimedia artist, Lara Baladi has exhibited her work throughout the Middle East, Europe, Japan and the United States. Her work is included in a number of contemporary art collections including the Fondation Cartier in Paris, the Museet for Fotokunst in Copenhagen and the Pori Art Museum in Finland. She recently partipicated in the 2007 Sharjah Biennial.

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REVIEW
Read Reconsidering an Arab Identity. A review of Self-Representation in the Arabian Gulf: Perspectives in Photography and Video.

Despite the media hype that exists on American television ranting about the turmoil and social unrest in the Middle East, a gentle yet thought-provoking exhibition entitled “Self-Representation in the Arabian Gulf: Perspectives in Photography and Video” recently resided at...>>Click here to read more.

Originally printed in the January/February 2008 issue of Afterimage.

REPORT
Read Globalization, Economics and Museums: Saadiyat Island's Cultural District.

Faced with the challenges of globalization, which many believe creates homogeneity and loss of uniqueness and identity, the emirate of Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates is in the process of positioning itself as an international tourist destination with an estimated $27 billion dollar development project on Saadiyat Island that includes museums, hotels, resorts, golf courses and housing that could accommodate more than 125,000 residents....>>Click here to read more.

Originally printed in the Journal for Arts in Society (Volume 3, Number 3, 2008).