CLEAN : Photography from the Middle East

The project, initiated in 2009 by the VNA and the British Museum, aims to create a collection of contemporary Middle Eastern photography, covering a broad geographic area from North Africa to Central Asia. The exhibition highlights a self-conscious approach to photography, reflecting its power and vulnerability in the Middle East. The works often critique and resist manipulation, showing that these themes have been present long before 2010.

What year did the project to form a new collection of contemporary Middle Eastern photography begin?

How does the exhibition define the geographic scope of the Middle East?

What is one of the unifying themes in the exhibition regarding photography?

In what ways can photography be manipulated according to the text?

What sense is present in a lot of the work in the exhibition?