“Three Views of Oman, The Photography of Wilfred Thesiger, Charles Butt and Edward Grazda 1945-2006” Exhibition
Cooper Union (7 E 7th Street)
Image: Edward Grazda "Corniche, Muttrah" (2005)]
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Collected here for the first time is a history of Oman in images. One of the most developed and stable countries in the Arab world and among the earliest adherents to Ibadi Islam, the sultanate sits along the east coast of the Arabian Peninsula. From early days of world trade through the port of Muscat to contemporary engagement with international diplomacy and the West, Oman has always evoked beauty and mystery in equal measure. The exhibition Three Views of Oman reveals the country as its contours have emerged over the past seventy years in an intimate portrait through the eyes of the West, as captured in images by English explorer Wilfred Thesiger in the 1940s, British Army Major Charles Butt in the 1970s, and award-winning American documentary photographer Edward Grazda in the first decade of this century. The exhibition chronicles the rapid social and physical changes in Oman, as well as the changing nature of photography itself over 60 years. These original photographs have traveled to Oxford and London, England; Grenada, Spain and other destinations; this will be the only presentation of the exhibition in New York City.
Presented by The Irwin S. Chanin School of Architecture of The Cooper Union, The Ministry of Awqaf and Religious Affairs of the Sultanate of Oman and IAV
In conjunction with this exhibition, please join our distinguished scholars in a lively conversation about the interrelationship of geography, religion and culture as Oman pursues an increasingly important role in the region.
Panel Discussion: Thursday, March 12 at 6:30pm, The Great Hall
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Schedule
from March 11, 2015 to April 25, 2015
Opening Reception on 2015-03-11 from 18:30