From the thousands of fantastic photographs that will be on show (and for sale) at the Somerset House during the upcoming (and inaugural) photo fair Photo London, we managed to pull together a small selection of some of our favorites—an Editors’ Preview of Photo London 2015.
From this eclectic mix, a number of photographers’ work particularly caught our eye. The last of these featured photographers is Sama Alshaibi, the eclectic, inventive Middle Eastern/American photographer. Her cutting edge work was recently published in a monograph by Aperture Foundation which managing editor Alexander Strecker reviews below:
"Sama Alshaibi is not a person who goes at things half measure. Growing up with a film camera in her hand, she is now an avid technophile (while still maintaining a strong sense of connection with analog processes). She began her studies in photojournalism with the idea of becoming a war photographer—now she is an internationally renowned conceptual artist; albeit one who is politically and socially engaged as any documentary-maker. Denied access to her mother’s homeland (Palestine) while growing up, Alshaibi now travels there frequently to create her most pointed work (bypassing the Israeli controls with her US-passport). In short, Alshaibi is a passionate, creative, multi-faceted artist whose diverse inspirations and wide-ranging interests can be found etched all over the varied surfaces of her vital oeuvre."
