On the second floor of the Sidney and Lois Eskenazi Museum of Art, a darkened room filled with 50 attendees. At its center hung a striking black-and-white photograph of a child standing in front of ...
There’s no easy way to look at images shaped by war, memory and inheritance without also thinking about the lives still unfolding inside them. Photographer Rania Matar turns her focus toward young ...
While many photographers focus on either aesthetics or rigorous documentation, Rania Matar fuses them — and adds a generous dose of humanity for good measure. Born and raised in Lebanon, the ...
Rania Matar, “Christilla, Rabieh, Lebanon” (2010) (all images courtesy the artist and Carroll and Sons Gallery, Boston) CHICAGO — An adolescent girl in her bedroom is a curious thing. If she has her ...
The 10 Arab and Iranian photographers featured in “Louder Than Hearts” at the Middle East Institute’s gallery are not only all women, but their subjects are almost entirely female as well. This ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. "Rhea (and the Mirror)," Beirut, Lebanon, 2021 Rania Matar There’s no easy way to look at images shaped by war, memory and ...