Nazar: Photographs from the Arab World

by Negar Azimi and Wim Melis

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1931788855
• ISBN13: 9781931788854
• Release Date: September 2005
• Publisher: Aperture
• Length: 251 Pages
• Weight: 2.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 9.2" x 9.4"