J. Sybylla Smith, In Conversation with Rania Matar

Matar gracefully investigates womanhood, identity, and empowerment - across time and place. Poetic, soulful, and bold portraits capture the agency of becoming, at the threshold of independence. Matar bridges differences in culture, religion, geography, and nationality, offering the connective experience of our shared humanity. In this conversation, Rania discusses, among other things:Working organicallyImage as a bonusBeing open to collaboration on all levelsSerendipityObserving beautyFollowing curiosityGiving subjects agencyThe physicality of the printSpending time with the workThe importance of hands in portraitureBook design detailsThe impact of grants and awardsReferenced in the episodeOrdinary Lives (2009) by Rania MatarA Girl and Her Room (2012) by Rania MatarL’enfant-Femme (2016) by Rania MatarShe Who Tells a Story at Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (2013-2014)In her Image at Amon Carter Museum of American Art (2018)https://nmwa.org/exhibitions/live-dangerously/Women To Watch, National Museum of Women in the ArtsThe Wanderess by Roman PayneInvisible Cities by Italo Calvino Unfortunately, It was Paradise by Mahmoud Darwishhttps://www.saintlucybooks.com/https://ayellowroseproject.com/https://www.seal-usa.org/https://www.radiusbooks.org/Website | InstagramSign-Up for Subscribe by Email for notifications about new Got Punctum? episodes.Sign-Up for Email Newsletter for Events and and Other Happenings

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