{"product_id":"cairo-portraits","title":"CAIRO PORTRAITS","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"layoutArea\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"column\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eIn 2003, photographers Stefan Ruiz and Artin Sarafian independently turned their cameras toward Cairo. Working separately, they were drawn to the city’s people, performers, workers, families, dreamers, and passersby.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eTheir paths converged at \u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s2\"\u003eStudio Atro D’Art\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e, Sarafian’s photography studio in downtown Cairo, where the traditions of studio portraiture became a meeting point.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eCairo Portraits\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e brings these two bodies of work together for the first time, moving between the public and intimate, the spontaneous and carefully staged. Together, the photographs offer a portrait of Cairo shaped by its people and by the visual cultures of portraiture and self-representation.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eMore than two decades later, the photographs take on new meaning. As historic studios disappear under urban change and digital image-making, these photographs offer a record of a city, its people, and a particular moment in the art of photography.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eDesigned around an 144\u003cspan class=\"s2\"\u003e-page folding structure\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e, the book allows both bodies of work to be viewed simultaneously, creating a physical record of the brief intersection between two photographers and their perspectives on portraiture.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Middle East Archive","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53052541960474,"sku":"MEA-CAIRO-2026","price":45.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1022\/3793\/files\/ciaroportraits.jpg?v=1791568006","url":"https:\/\/villagebooks.co\/products\/cairo-portraits","provider":"Village","version":"1.0","type":"link"}