A response to BlackFlash’s Fall/Winter issue “Infinities.”
Faisa Omer
A response to BlackFlash’s Fall/Winter issue “Infinities.”
Photographer and mental health professional, Faisa Omer, welcomes Timiro Mohamed into her apartment and studio to share how she uses photography to tell socio-political stories, amplify voices in her community, and increase visibility of Muslim women in modest fashion.
‘Infinities’ brings together a range of Canadian artists and writers to examine the influence of the traditions and conventions of Islamic visual cultures on contemporary art. From techniques and symbols to concepts and designs, artists such as Tazeen Qayyum, Abdi Osman, Shaheer Zazai, Azadeh Elmizadeh, and Jamelie Hassan have employed various methods and materials to not only show the ways in which Islamic visual cultures continues to inform their work, but also the challenges, possibilities and implications in doing so.