Photography quickly came into use in the Middle-East by local and foreign practitioners in the 19th century but there had been little attempt to recognize the region’s photographers. Recently many photographers from the region have been producing beautiful yet powerful photo-books which exposes the extraordinary diversity of the region’s rich and politicized photographic history.

• Kursat BAYHAN – Away from Home – Roots
• Diana MATAR – Evidence
• Lehman HOOSHMANDZADEH – A people of Horse
• Halil – I am playing Ping-Pong Now
• Gozde Mimiko TURKKAN – Pay Here
• Newsha TAVAKOLIAN  – The Blank Pages of an Iranian Photo Album
• Cemre YESIL – This Was
• Yaakov ISRAEL The Quest for the Man on the White Donkey
• Iranian Living ROOM – FABRICA
• Farshid AZARANG – The Book of Amnesia
• Maryam ZANDI – The Revolution Of Iran ’79