{"product_id":"cairo-portraits-middle-east-archive","title":"Cairo Portraits - Middle East Archive","description":"\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCairo Portraits:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eIn 2003, photographers Stefan Ruiz and Artin Sarafian independently turned their cameras toward Cairo. Working separately, they were drawn to the city’s people, performers, workers, families, dreamers, and passersby.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eTheir paths converged at\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s2\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eStudio Atro D’Art\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e, Sarafian’s photography studio in downtown Cairo, where the traditions of studio portraiture became a meeting point.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eCairo Portraits\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ebrings these two bodies of work together for the first time, moving between the public and intimate, the spontaneous and carefully staged. Together, the photographs offer a portrait of Cairo shaped by its people and by the visual cultures of portraiture and self-representation.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eMore than two decades later, the photographs take on new meaning. As historic studios disappear under urban change and digital image-making, these photographs offer a record of a city, its people, and a particular moment in the art of photography.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eDesigned around an\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e114\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s2\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e-page folding structure\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e, the book allows both bodies of work to be viewed simultaneously, creating a physical record of the brief intersection between two photographers and their perspectives on portraiture.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"shreejinewsagents","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":60079398257024,"sku":null,"price":45.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0538\/1020\/0763\/files\/cairo.png?v=1791540026","url":"https:\/\/www.shreejinewsagents.com\/products\/cairo-portraits-middle-east-archive","provider":"shreejinewsagents","version":"1.0","type":"link"}