We are happy to release two new portfolio edits from Photographer's Showcase artists Rania Matar and Christine Laptuta.
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Christina 10, Beirut Lebanon,
Clara 8, Beirut Lebanon &
Juliette 11, Beirut,
2012 -- Rania Matar
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Rania Matar has added several new images to her
L'Enfant-Femme portfolio featuring images of young women bridging the gap between childhood and their teen years. "Matar approaches her subjects with one instruction — don’t smile. From
there, the girl is left to pose and arrange herself as she will, leaving
her to present herself to the camera in a way of her choosing. This
simple direction yields impressive results and we witness these girls
struggle to present themselves, attempting to bridge the gap between
childhood and the start of sexual maturity. It is easy to see both the
past and future in these images — the girls become remarkably readable
in poses that are intentional but nevertheless telling — both the child
they are growing out of and the coming adult are visible, coexisting in
the frame." --
From Sarah Bradley's post on L'Enfant-Femme
View Rania Matar's L'Enfant-Femme portfolio
Matar's book
A Girl and Her Room, was recently selected as a
Best Book of 2012 by
Colin Pantall, Svetlana Bachevanova, and
PDN Editors
Read the photo-eye Blog interview on A Girl and Her Room with Matar
Read the review of A Girl and Her Room by Karen Jenkins
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| Desert Series,
2008 -- Christine Laptuta |
Christine Laptuta has updated the images in her
Memory and Imagination, Desert Portfolio featuring dream-like panoramic photographs of cactus-filled desert views. Shooting continuously on a Holga camera, the strange an beautiful over-lapping edges of Laptuta's images evoke stories from the landscape. "My narratives chronicle the mystery and ambiguity that is present within the land, and the beauty and chaos that is always in flux. I seek specific locations in which I can explore the notion of time passing, a circle with no beginning or end, the continuity of infinite repetition." -- From Christine Laptuta's statement on
Memory and Imagination, Desert Portfolio
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| Desert Series image405 -- Christine Laptuta |
View Christine Laptuta's Memory and Imagination, Desert Portfolio
