Arash Fayez : Apolis / [texts], Manuel Segade and Shumon Basar ; Arles les rencontres de la photographie.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fayez, Arash, 1984- artist, author.

Contributor:

Sagade, Manuel, writer of added commentary.

Basar, Shumon, writer of added commentary.

Arles, rencontres de la photographie (Association), issuing body.

Language:

English

French

Spanish

Subjects (All):

Fayez, Arash, 1984-.

Fayez, Arash.

United States--Emigration and immigration--History--21st century.

United States.

Documentary photography--United States.

Documentary photography.

Artists--Iran--Biography.

Artists.

Physical Description:

approximately 300 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), facsimiles, portraits ; 28 cm + 1 supplement (13 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Other Title:

Apolis

Place of Publication:

Leipzig : Spector Books, 2024.

Language Note:

Parallel texts in French, Spanish and English.

Summary:

Apolis is a visual autobiography of Arash Fayez's life in limbo between 2014 and 2018. The 312 pages comprise the artist's complete US immigration dossier, from his arrest by law enforcement authorities to his voluntary departure from the country. Apolis presents official documents overlaid with smartphone photos of everyday life captured during the same period. Photographs are 'collaged' over sections of the immigration dossier, concealing personal and sensitive information. This juxtaposition creates a multilayered narrative, revealing contrasting perspectives--of those in power and of someone without any. The project stemmed from a conversation between the artist and his immigration lawyer, whose succinct explanation of his legal status encapsulated the situation's complexity: 'You're not illegal, but you're not legal either.'

Notes:

Title from dust cover.

Book has special paperback binding with spine not covered.

ISBN:

9783959058506

3959058500

OCLC:

1455255032

Publisher Number:

9783959058506