tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-654754338632526091.post6134445897580557363..comments2024-03-27T00:32:29.877-07:00Comments on Photos and Stuff: Khadija Sayeamolitorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15743439184763617516noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-654754338632526091.post-84766739866001523382017-06-25T08:13:49.851-07:002017-06-25T08:13:49.851-07:00Thanks for the correction.
I find it slightly di...Thanks for the correction. <br /><br />I find it slightly disheartening also that much of her work, not necessarily stunning but certainly with some interest and potential, is ignored in favour of the maybe inevitable Me-focused process-intense tintypes.<br /><br />It's not Art, apparently, if you just bring a point of view and a way of seeing that's maybe fresh, maybe interesting.amolitorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15743439184763617516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-654754338632526091.post-49828538227784624672017-06-25T01:37:54.150-07:002017-06-25T01:37:54.150-07:00I share some of your misgivings, although I do thi...I share some of your misgivings, although I do think it is a salutary wake-up for many in Britain that <i>even here</i> people are living creative lives, and <i>even here</i> everyone's life deserves the greatest possible respect and protection, <i>even if</i> they're not here entirely legally (these are not truths we hold to be self-evident, it seems).<br /><br />What interested me more, though, was the way the webs of influence and privilege had already reached out to her; a scholarship to prestigious private school Rugby at 16, FFS, a connection with the local MP and his wife (who happens to be a well-connected artist), and other vital open doors to a creative career. Her work is already at the Venice Biennale!<br /><br />I don't think it's too cynical to say that *who* she was mattered as much as what she was potentially capable of, in a country still coming to terms with "diversity": the more sensitive among the privileged are painfully aware of their privilege, and this awareness -- shall we call it "guilt"? -- has become a significant driver in contemporary culture.<br /><br />It's "Grenfell", btw.<br /><br />MikeMike C.https://www.blogger.com/profile/11279776665185060446noreply@blogger.com