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This event is in the past.It took place on March 7, 2020 at WESTWOOD GALLERY NYC.

Lifting the Veil: Portraits of Amazigh Women 1
History Exhibition
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Lifting the Veil: Portraits of Amazigh Women 3
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Lifting the Veil: Portraits of Amazigh Women

NoHo

Mansouri's intimate portraits capture Amazigh women in 1950s-70s Algeria, documenting facial tattoo traditions and cultural strength before these practices vanished under Islamization and modernization.

Historical photography
North African culture
Documentary portraits
Feminist art

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👁️subjects posed unveiled, a rare event
📸last generation photographed with facial tattoos
🖼️35 gelatin silver prints from the '50s-'70s

WESTWOOD GALLERY NYC

262 Bowery, New York, NY 10012, USA

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