Pulling Back the Veil, or Keeping It On A Yemeni photographer worked both sides of the camera as she and her daughter – and a doll – posed for a visual mediation on the increasing covering of women. via Lens Blog: http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/06/19/veil-hijab-yemen-niqab-women-keeping-it-on/?_php=true&_type=blogs&_r=0 Boushra Almutawakel comes from a conservative, well-known family in Yemen. So when she…
Link: A Show of Strength by Middle Eastern Women Photographers – NYTimes.com “She Who Tells a Story” opens at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston this week. Four of the artists included are Iranian; three — Ms. Tavakolian, Gohar Dashti and Shadi Ghadirian — live and work in Iran today. The exhibit also highlights work by Jananne Al-Ani, Boushra Almutawakel, Rana El Nemr, Lalla Essaydi, Tanya…
Photographer #250: Boushra Almutawakel Boushra Almutawakel, 1969, Yemen, has been focusing on social interpretations of culture in Yemen. She studied in the United States and retu… Link: http://500photographers.blogspot.com/2011/03/photographer-250-boushra-almutawakel.html One of her long term projects is the Hijab Series. In this series, which consists of various sub-series, she explores women and the veil they wear. The…
