Rania Matar’s work focuses on the Middle East, mainly women and
children, and her recent projects—which examine the Palestinian
refugee camps in Lebanon, the recent spread veil and its meanings, and
the aftermath of war—intend to give a voice to people who have
been forgotten or misunderstood. In Boston where she lives she photographs
the lives of her four children. Her work has won several awards, and
has been published and exhibited widely in the U.S. and internationally.
She was recently awarded the artist grant from the Massachusetts Cultural
Council, first prize in Women in Photography International, the Purchase
Prize for the New England Photographers Biennial 2007 at the Danforth
Museum, and Best of Show at the Center for Fine Art Photography in Colorado.
Her work was published in the October 2007 issue of B&W Magazine.
Her images are currently on exhibit at the Noorderlicht Photofestival
2007 “Acts of Faith” in the Netherlands, at the Danforth Museum
in Framinham, MA, and at the Arsenal Center for the Arts in Watertown,
MA. She will be exhibiting her work at the Chicago Cultural Center,
and at Fotofest in Houston in 2008.
Rania
Matar | photographer
Barbie Girl,
Haret Hreik, Beirut 2006
Juggling,
Aita El Chaab, Southern Lebanon 2006
The Dead
Mother, Beirut 2005
Broken Mirror,
Beirut 2005
Girlfriends,
Beirut 2007
Beauty Salon,
Aita El Chaab, Southern Lebanon 2007
Newspapers,
Beirut 2007
Guards of
the Rally, Beirut 2007
Covered in the Heat, Beirut 2005
Defiant, Haret Hreik,
Beirut 2006
Motorcycling through
Destruction Haret Hreik, Beirut 2006
The Hanging
Laundry, Aita El Chaab, Southern Lebanon 2006
Rania Matar | photographer
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