Photography has multiple histories: it connects to medical histories, colonial histories, police histories, art histories, and myriad others. This topic examines how these histories have been formed, the role the archive has played in them, and how photographers have re-contextualized and reinvented them to tell new stories.
Amak Mahmoodian was born in Shiraz, Iran and lives in Bristol, UK. Her work questions notions of identity and home, bridging a space between the personal and political. Through her journey she explores the effects of exile and distance on memory, dreams and daily life. Working with images, poems and archives Amak searches for the lyrical realities framed in the photographs she works with.
Crowning Anguish – memoirs of a Persian princess. Amak created a dialogue between the diary on her photos.
https://amakmahmoodian.com/Shenasnameh
Q1. Do your family photographs connect to any broader social or historical matters?
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Q2. What are the archival power relations contained in the identity documents you hold?
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Q3. Are you interested in working with archival pictures? In what ways can you use them in your practice?
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