Al-Khobar Photobook
The spaces we occupy are always in transition, as are we.
Change happens gradually, but it also happens rapidly. This photobook documents the streets
of Al-Khobar in Saudi Arabia, which have remained more or less the same over decades.
However, some shops that have been around for over 30 years are now disappearing. The photobook
aims to document the changing structure of the city, and documenting the old architecture
and shops that have shaped the urban landscape in the context of the contemporary before they
become of the past.
Al-Khobar Photobook
The spaces we occupy are always in transition, as are we.
Change happens gradually, but it also happens rapidly. This photobook documents the streets
of Al-Khobar in Saudi Arabia, which have remained more or less the same over decades.
However, some shops that have been around for over 30 years are now disappearing. The photobook
aims to document the changing structure of the city, and documenting the old architecture
and shops that have shaped the urban landscape in the context of the contemporary before they
become of the past.
29.7 x 42 cm, 2019
29.7 x 42 cm, 2019
Palimpsest
In textual studies, a palimpsest is known as a manuscript or writing surface/material on which the original writing has been affected in some way or erased to create space for new writing but of which traces still remain. The word "palimpsest" derives from Latin and Ancient Greek and means "again scraped"; it creates layers of information and an overlap of history; it is the old connecting to the new, poetically in transition within the space of a piece of paper.
Everyday, we encounter places previously occupied by others over time. This can be evident in the physical spaces we inhibit, in the architecture we see and live in, in the urban spaces that have become dynamic dwellings where the visions of the past are integrated into the existence of the presence. This visual palimpsest behaves as my own documentation of historical spaces, the traces left from the past, and how people interact with them, and leave their lingering marks.
Printed publication, 15 x 21 cm