face to face
Portrait photography came along with the invention of the camera, a cheaper, more accessible and very popular method than portrait painting.
Eventually, technical developments led to the production of photo booths, automatic machines guaranteeing availability at any time in a public space.
art students at Al Aqsa University, Gaza
These machines allow the person being photographed a maximum of autonomy within the machine’s cabin possibilities. After a couple of minutes photographs slip through the slot, still damp, yet an expeditious result – a frozen moment, a quick memory, or a long-term proof of identity – if used for a passport or any other identity card.
art students at Al Aqsa University, Gaza
These photographic portraits illustrating persons placed against a white background are clearly structured in a formal array. The fixed arrangement in two rows insinuates a reciprocal regard, trying to find the other person behind a closed face, behind a headscarf.
art students at Al Aqsa University, Gaza
Even for the observer of this scene, men and women do not show themselves. Reminiscent of wanted people on posters displayed in public buildings, these portraits of art students at Al Aqsa University in Gaza nevertheless do not reveal their personality.
art students at Al Aqsa University, Gaza
photography by Fawzy Emrany, Gaza 2007
text by Rayelle Niemann, 2008
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Portrait photography came along with the invention of the camera, a cheaper, more accessible and very popular method than portrait painting.
Eventually, technical developments led to the production of photo booths, automatic machines guaranteeing availability at any time in a public space.
art students at Al Aqsa University, Gaza
These machines allow the person being photographed a maximum of autonomy within the machine’s cabin possibilities. After a couple of minutes photographs slip through the slot, still damp, yet an expeditious result – a frozen moment, a quick memory, or a long-term proof of identity – if used for a passport or any other identity card.
art students at Al Aqsa University, Gaza
These photographic portraits illustrating persons placed against a white background are clearly structured in a formal array. The fixed arrangement in two rows insinuates a reciprocal regard, trying to find the other person behind a closed face, behind a headscarf.
art students at Al Aqsa University, Gaza
Even for the observer of this scene, men and women do not show themselves. Reminiscent of wanted people on posters displayed in public buildings, these portraits of art students at Al Aqsa University in Gaza nevertheless do not reveal their personality.
art students at Al Aqsa University, Gaza
photography by Fawzy Emrany, Gaza 2007
text by Rayelle Niemann, 2008
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