In this photo book, Salih Basheer collects the few memories he has of his parents, who passed away when he was three years old. These memories, seen from a child’s perspective are presented in a mix of images, writing, self-portraits, and drawings, as fragments of a lost childhood. The book is Salih’s visual process of learning more about his parents and himself and serves as a method of healing from personal trauma.
I have only a few memories of my parents. I remember I was once with my mother in our house yard, and I was horrified by the noise of an airplane flying low and spraying insecticide. I was trying to hide in my mother’s arms. I also remember I was once with my father as he was driving us in his white Fiat to the mosque for the Tarawih prayer. It was Ramadan and I went with my mother to the women’s section on the second floor to enjoy watching the prayers from above. – From the preface by Salih Basheer
Limited Special Edition also available with a signed print
-Embossed linen-bound hardback with tipped-in image
-11,5 × 16 cm
-112 pages
-46 monochrome and colour plates
-Text by Salih Basheer
-Language: English and Arabic
-Edition of 700
-ISBN 978-87-973526-3-2
-Printed in Denmark by Narayana Press
-Published 27 January 2023
-Author: Salih Basheer
-Publisher: Disko Bay
-Price: €32.00
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