Galería Sura opened for the first time in November 2024 in Madrid, Spain, sharing space with Balqís, a bookstore recognized for its specialization in Southwest Asia and Africa. Its director and curator Edith Arance is launching a wide curatorial project that welcomes emerging photographers from those same areas. The project seeks artists and creators from outside the established and usual circles of art or photojournalism in order to amplify their voices and to tell forgotten stories, completing the narrative of the contexts in which they create their work.
Mahnaz and Somayeh Ebrahimi present a vision of survival through art and visual poetry within a context of gender apartheid and extreme living conditions. Their photographs pay homage to Afghan women, transformed into almost mythological figures in a landscape of both hope and turmoil.
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