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Review of Photographic Memory Paperback – January 1, 2004

by Jalal Toufic (Editor)
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Cultural Writing. Middle Eastern Studies. Photography. Presented by the Arab Image Foundation, whose project is to "locate, collect, preserve, interpret and present the photographic heritage and visual culture of the Middle East and North Africa from the early 19th Century to the present" and edited by writer, film theorist, and video artist JalalToufic, this beautiful and haunting book showcases the photography of three Middle Eastern artists. "One way of accepting the saying 'a picture is worth a thousand words' regarding some photograph is to take it to mean that that photograph initially arrested the viewer's interior monologue for the interval during which on average a thousand words pass through his or her mind. It is only such a picture that is worth subsequently writing a thousand words about." (from Toufic's preface). The REVIEW OF PHOTOGRAPHIC MEMORY includes Toufic's essay "Saving Face;" a photographic dossier by, and an interview with Lebanese artist Walid Raad; and a photographic
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  1. Print length
    63 pages
  2. Language
    English
  3. Publisher
    Arab Image Foundation
  4. Publication date
    January 1, 2004
  5. Dimensions
    6.25 x 0.25 x 8.75 inches
  6. ISBN-10
    9953002738
  7. ISBN-13
    978-9953002736
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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Arab Image Foundation; First Edition (January 1, 2004)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 63 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 9953002738
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-9953002736
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 4.8 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.25 x 0.25 x 8.75 inches

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Jalal Toufic

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Jalal Toufic is a thinker and a mortal to death. He was born in 1962 in Beirut or Baghdad and died before dying in 1989 in Evanston, Illinois. His books are available for download at his website: http://www.jalaltoufic.com. He was a participant in the Sharjah Biennials 6, 10 and 11, Documenta 13, the 9th Shanghai Biennale, the First Asia Biennial & 5th Guangzhou Triennial, the 3rd Athens Biennale, and “A History: Art, Architecture, and Design, from the 1980s Until Today” at Centre Pompidou. In 2011, he was a guest of the Artists-in-Berlin Program of the DAAD; and in 2013–2014, he and Anton Vidokle led Ashkal Alwan’s third edition of Home Workspace Program. He has been the Director of the School of Visual Arts at the Lebanese Academy of Fine Arts (ALBA) since September 2015.

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