Somewhere between here and there, I began a visual diary of sorts while simultaneously documenting my community. My parents were born in Palestine, I was born in America and we seemed to exist somewhere in the middle.
Through a blend of autobiographical and community reporting, this work examines collaboration and agency in storytelling while reclaiming the beauty of our narrative. This is a celebration of my culture, a way to preserve our stories and our joy, actively archiving our existence in the face of erasure while anti-Palestinian, anti-Arab, and Islamophobic sentiments are on the rise.
My project explores themes of collective memory, cultural identity and the uniquely intergenerational components of the decades-long struggle for Palestinian liberation.
Lately, I’ve been ricocheting between time and space—childhood memories from the West Bank appear in my dreams, hateful chants in the streets of New York transport me back to Haifa during a tumultuous summer in 2014. This year’s Eid Al-Fitr— even more tragic than the previous year’s Eid against the backdrop of the ongoing and escalating violence in Gaza and the West Bank—left me with a truly haunting sense of déjà vu.
This collection of photographs were made over the last two decades in neighborhoods as near as Crown Heights and as distant as my aunts’ balcony overlooking our village in the West Bank. Presented in a rough replica of my parents’ family room (and a nod to the hopefully familiar environment of a traditional Palestinian home), the disjointed and non-linear arrangement of work offers a glimpse into the often isolating and fragmented experience of navigating the Palestinian diaspora currently (and constantly) in mourning.
Artist Bios
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Kholood Eid
Kholood Eid is a Palestinian American documentary photographer, filmmaker and educator based in New York City. Her work blends portraiture, conceptual and reportage practices using visual art, text and audio. Clients include The New York Times Magazine, National Geographic, The New Yorker, TIME and others.
In 2024, she was an Artist in Residence at the Center for Photography at Woodstock and in 2020, she (alongside New York Times colleagues) received a Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award.
In 2023, the Wet Nose Pawject—a collection and boutique of dog portraiture—was launched from her deep love for doggos.
Organizations
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Photoville
Founded in 2011 in Brooklyn, NY, Photoville was built on the principles of addressing cultural equity and inclusion, which we are always striving for, by ensuring that the artists we exhibit are diverse in gender, class, and race.
In pursuit of its mission, Photoville produces an annual, city-wide open air photography festival in New York City, a wide range of free educational community initiatives, and a nationwide program of public art exhibitions.
By activating public spaces, amplifying visual storytellers, and creating unique and highly innovative exhibition and programming environments, we join the cause of nurturing a new lens of representation.
Through creative partnerships with festivals, city agencies, and other nonprofit organizations, Photoville offers visual storytellers, educators, and students financial support, mentorship, and promotional & production resources, on a range of exhibition opportunities.
For more information about Photoville visit, www.photoville.com
Between Here & There
Featuring: Kholood Eid
Locations
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Brooklyn, NY 11201
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