Akam Shex Hadi (b. 1985) is a photographer from Sulaymaniyah in Iraqi Kurdistan. His practice can be understood as staged photography that nevertheless has a strong documentary aspect. Shex Hadi has made a new work for the Pavilion that deals directly with Isis and the fate of Iraqi refugees and internally displaced people.

Akam Shex Hadi (b. 1985) represents a later generation of Iraqi photography and his staged, symbolic works have seen him participate in photography festivals across Asia and the Middle...

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Apr 1, 2016 · Akam Shex Hadi (b. 1985) is a photographer from Sulaymaniyah in Iraqi Kurdistan. His practice can be understood as staged photography that nevertheless has a strong documentary aspect. Shex Hadi has made a new work for the Pavilion that deals directly with Isis and the fate of Iraqi refugees and internally displaced people.

May 21, 2015 · In a new series of 28 black-and-white photographs specially created for the pavilion, Akam Shex Hadi, born in 1985, presents portraits of displaced ordinary Iraqis standing in a variety...

May 10, 2015 · Akam Shex Hadi’s elegantly staged black-and-white photographs show isolated figures from communities under Islamic State attack standing with black fabric — representing the attackers’...

In ‘Migration’ Akam Shex Hadi responds to the contradictions and multi-facetedness of migration, drawing on his own first hand experience of internal displacement and mass migration in Iraq. Kites float in the sky, and embody our desire to free ourselves in flight.

Aug 30, 2016 · In a new series by the photographer Akam Shex Hadi, the artist has photographed his subjects, anonymous women, men and children of the city of Sulaymaniyah, surrounded by barbed wire which symbolises national borders. Outside of the perimeter of the wire, are colourful kites, handmade by the artist.

May 29, 2015 · AKAM SHEX HADI is a photographer from Iraqi Kurdistan who creates staged, symbolic environments that use black rope to show the impending rise of ISIS and the refugee crisis. Hadi spent time with four different refugee communities from across Iraq.

Nov 22, 2015 · Akam Shex Hadi, Untitled, 2014-15. B+W digital print on Innova-Baryth Smoothgloss paper. 30 x 45 cm. Courtesy the artist.