Molatham / Scott Caruth.
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| Language: | English |
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[London] :
Trolley Ltd.,
2019.
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| Physical Description: | 115 pages, 37 unnumbered pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 20 cm |
| Format: | Book |
| Note: | "In Arabic molatham literally translates "to cover up one's face," but within the context of the occupied West Bank, where the omnipresence of photographic surveillance is an extension of Israeli state violence, molatham is Palestinian vernacular for "resisting the Israeli occupation." This beautifully bound and printed volume by Scott Caruth is a thoughtful meditation on the political implications of image making, its weaponization by the Israeli army, the "terrorist/victim polarity" of photo-journalism, and the liberatory potential of studio portrait photography. Through transcribed interviews and the artist's own analysis, a socio-political context of agency and defiance is revealed in the kitsch of palm tree studio backdrops (now aspirational positioning) and awkward hand-to-chin posing (now an exercise in identity creation), repositioning what was once personal into political icon." -- Printed Matter website "All other photographs are property of the respective studio photographers of Studio Havana and Studio Chaplin"--Colophon. "Design by Jamie Allan Shaw" -- Colophon. |
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| Call Number: | N7433.4.C37 M65 2019 |
| ISBN: | 9781907112638 1907112634 |