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Exhibition: Latif Al Ani, Founding Father of Iraqi Photography

The Ruya Foundation is pleased to announce the first UK exhibition of Iraqi photographer Latif Al Ani (b. 1932) at the Coningsby Gallery in Fitrovia. ‘Latif Al Ani’ will run 4 December – 16 December 2017. The exhibition will include over 50 works surveying the artist’s practice from the 1950s to the 1970s. Considered the…
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Shortlisted: Monograph of Latif Al Ani at Les Rencontres d’Arles

The first monograph of Latif Al Ani’s work is shortlisted for the Historical Book Award at the major annual photography festival Les Rencontres d’Arles. The book was commissioned and edited by the Ruya Foundation, and published by Hatje Cantz in May 2017. Latif Al Ani (b. 1932, Baghdad) is known as the founding father of…
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Book: ‘A Golden Age in Iraq’ the first monograph of the work of Latif Al Ani

Latif Al Ani (b. 1932, Baghdad) is known as the founding father of Iraqi photography. From the 1950s to the 1970s, during a period of increased cosmopolitanism and openness in the country, he was prolific in documenting everyday life in Iraq. His vast archive, of black-and white realist photographs, provides a unique record of mid-twentieth…