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SF Camerawork Auction

Saturday, December 7, 2013

Seljuk Minaret of the Umayyad Mosque of Aleppo, Syria. Destroyed in the Civil War 2013
“Seljûk Minaret of the Great Umayyad Mosque of Aleppo, Syria”

Destroyed in the civil conflagration of 2013


11 x 14-inch, b&w







Building Cultures with Photographic Art

The Arabic word for eye is al-Ain, which also means a fresh-water spring. Photography
can help build more cosmopolitan culture by giving folks the quenching taste of pure,
clean, filtered, pH neutral, gravity-fed & salt-free Arabia.

Strengthening mind & body with classically-proportioned beauty.

Wednesday, November 6, 2013
San Rafael






Photo Review Benefit Auction
University of the Arts, Philadelphia. November 2013.

Urban Constellations #2. 2002/2005, toned silver print, signed recto, photographer's stamp verso, #3, 10.5"x9.125"

"Urban Constellations #2"
Damascus, Syria. ©2003

Lot 148 -- $500 - $800

Available at...
The Photo Review Benefit Auction

Saturday, November 9 at 7 PM
at the University of the Arts, Philadelphia.


Ruth Bernhard and Eye. 2000/2001, toned silver print, signed recto, photographer's stamp verso, 10.5"x8.5"

"Ruth Bernhard and Eye"
San Francisco, California. ©2003

Lot 147-- $350 - $700




Art Exhibition

Middle East Studies Association - Annual Meeting

Viewers enjoy photographs on display


The Dome of the Rock, Jerusalem / alQuds exhibition plus Umayyad Mosque, Damascus

MESA annual meeting
Nov 30-Dec 3, 2011
Washington DC
Download pdf (9.1 mb)



SF Camerawork Benefit Auction

Looking up at a carved wooden capital and column from the Safavid period in Iran

"Wooden Muqarnas Capital, Timber Column"
Hasht Behesht Palace, Isfahan. ©2007

Lot 229
on 3 December 2011 at

SF Camerawork 2011 Benefit Auction



Essay:

"Why Don't We Read Photographs?"

Floating stone tablet behind bars from Puerta de Bisagra, Toledo, Andalucia, España Spain

Featuring: "The Covenant" 2002

In... Talking/Writing. The New Magazine. March 2011




SF Camerawork Benefit Auction

Lunettes, Friday Mosque, Isfahan. 2007

"Lunettes"
Masjid al-Jam3, Friday Mosque, Isfahan. ©2007

Lot 241
on 13 November 2010 at

SF Camerawork 2010 Benefit Auction


"Talking Art: Middle Eastern Beauty"

by Judith Ross
Sunday, February 28, 2010

http://talkingwriting.blogspot.com/



New Life

Kindah at one-year

Kindah at one-year

Kindah Nuseibeh, at 1.

born 12/28/2009

SFGH



"Beauty is a Protest Song"

Slideshow
PhotoAlliance at San Francisco Art Institute
December 11, 2009

Introduction, by Thom Sempere, PhotoAlliance....




"A Photographic Dossier"

in "Where Heaven and Earth Meet: Jerusalem’s Sacred Esplanade"
eds. Oleg Grabar and Benjamin Kedar
(Jerusalem: Yad Ben-Zvi Press; Austin: University of Texas Press, 2009), 411pp.

Reviews:
Dissent Magazine, February 25, 2010



"Two Umayyad Mosques" plus "Vaultings"

Solo exhibit
September 2007 – October 2007

Darat al-Funun
Amman, Jordan



"Modulations of Light: Umayyad Grilles"

Solo exhibit of 11 b&w photographs
San Francisco International Airport, Terminal 2

September 2007 – December 2007



“Photography and Islamic Architecture”

Slide Show
College of Fine Arts with College of Architecture,
Jordan University. Amman. April 12, 2006



“Abdoun Bridge: Landmark or Luxury?”

Venture Magazine,
Amman, Jordan. April 2006
by Raba Saqr. p.47-51.



"Patterns of Islamic Culture"

Solo exhibit of 26 b&w photographs.

Scott Nichols Gallery, 49 Geary Street 4th Floor.
San Francisco. August 5 – September 10, 2005



"Sacred Space(s): Patterns of Convivencia"

Solo exhibit
Marin General Hospital. January 10 – April 9, 2005

Statement (pdf 300k)

Invitation (pdf 1mb)




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