Meet Alexandra Rose Howland – solo artist 2022 under the Framing Society category
“With my work I’m trying to relook at things that we’ve already seen before, and to rephotograph them in a way that challenges our perspective and challenges the narrative that we’ve already formed in our minds about these locations.”
Alexandra Rose Howland (US/UK) has spent the last decade living in the Middle East. Throughout this time, Howland became aware that what a foreigner views and photographs does not always embody the lived reality of locals, and Howland began asking to download first-person accounts; from selfies to family photos, to Snapchats. The resulting Leave and Let Us Go is an intimate and multi-dimensional portrait of Irak and Iraqis that returns the narrative power of an often-misunderstood country to its own citizens.
We were happy to have the chance to meet and interview Alexandra when she was visiting the festival for the install and opening. You can experience Alexandra’s work at the festival until tomorrow evening, so don’t hesitate to stop by the Festival Center this weekend!
Video credit: Sonia Tomegros Regalado