Light from the Middle East: New Photography

Photographs by 30 artists from 13 different countries showcase a range of creative and sophisticated responses to the social challenges and political upheavals that have shaped the Middle East over the past 20 years. The exhibition covers a wide range of techniques and subject matter, from photojournalism to staged and digitally manipulated imagery, presenting multiple viewpoints of a region where collisions between personal, social, religious and political life can be emotive and complex.

  • Hassan Hajjaj, 'Saida in Green'



    Hassan Hajjaj
    'Saida in Green'
    2000
    Digital c-print and tyre frame
    65 cm x 55 cm
    Museum no. E.359-2010
    Art Fund Collection of Middle Eastern Photography at the V&A and the British Museum

  • Jowhara AlSaud, 'Airmail', from the series 'Out of Line'



    Jowhara AlSaud
    'Airmail', from the series 'Out of Line'
    2008
    C-type print
    50.8 cm x 61 cm
    Museum no. E.949-2010
    Art Fund Collection of Middle Eastern Photography at the V&A and the British Museum

  • Mehraneh Atashi, 'Bodiless I', from the series 'Zourkhaneh Project (House of Strength)'



    Mehraneh Atashi
    'Bodiless I', from the series 'Zourkhaneh Project (House of Strength)'
    2004
    Digital c-print
    76.5 x 112.5 cm
    British Museum: 2099, 6035.1
    Art Fund Collection of Middle Eastern Photography at the V&A and the British Museum

  • Newsha Tavakolian, from the series 'Mothers of Martyrs'



    Newsha Tavakolian
    From the series 'Mothers of Martyrs'
    2006
    Digital c-print
    50 x 76 cm
    Museum no. E.357-2010
    Art Fund Collection of Middle Eastern Photography at the V&A and the British Museum

  • Youssef Nabil, detail from the series 'The Yemeni Sailors of South Shields'



    Youssef Nabil
    Detail from the series 'The Yemeni Sailors of South Shields'
    2006
    Hand-coloured gelatin silver print
    39 x 27 cm
    British Museum: 2009, 6037.4
    Art Fund Collection of Middle Eastern Photography at the V&A and the British Museum

  • Nermine Hammam, from the series 'Upekkha'



    Nermine Hammam
    From the series 'Upekkha'
    2011
    Archival inkjet print
    60 x 90 cm
    V&A
    The Art Fund Collection of Middle Eastern Photography at the V&A and the British Museum

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