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Vetera Novis Augere
Latif Al Ani, 18 November - 28 December 2019

Vetera Novis Augere: Latif Al Ani

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Latif at Sulaimaniya, North Iraq, 1957, 2019 Inkjet print on Hahnemühle fine art photo rag pearl 320 gsm paper 60 x 60 cm
Latif at Sulaimaniya, North Iraq, 1957, 2019
Inkjet print on Hahnemühle fine art photo rag pearl 320 gsm paper
60 x 60 cm

With the title Vetera Novis Augere - ‘augment the old with the new’ - Latif Al Ani’s exhibition interrogates the complex relationship between past and present. It also inaugurates a transmission process from older to younger generations, revealing a past and visual imagery mostly unknown to Iraqis themselves.

 

Through the four exhibited series bringing to attention the themes of Architecture, Landscape, as well as illustrating Modernity along with Daily Life and Portrait photography, Latif Al Ani captured, mostly in black and white, the transformations in urban and rural Iraqi society, offering a unique gaze and testimony of the late 50s and early 70s in Iraq. The tragic modern history of Iraq has bared witness to revolutions, coups, wars, and sanctions, interwoven with some brief periods of peace and prosperity. Latif Al Ani captured the optimistic aspects of these periods, showing women at work, girls in gym classes, mechanical engineering students, high-speed urbanization, modern architecture, tall office towers, western tourists strolling through archaeological vestiges… During these two decades, the photographer produced an extensive and invaluable archive and document of a radical shifting socio-political, economical and cultural landscape in Iraq.

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Installation Views
  • Latif Al Ani, Vetera Novis Augere, 2019
    Latif Al Ani, Vetera Novis Augere, 2019
  • Latif Al Ani, Vetera Novis Augere, 2019
    Latif Al Ani, Vetera Novis Augere, 2019
  • Latif Al Ani, Vetera Novis Augere, 2019
    Latif Al Ani, Vetera Novis Augere, 2019
  • Latif Al Ani, Vetera Novis Augere, 2019
    Latif Al Ani, Vetera Novis Augere, 2019
Works
  • Latif Al Ani, Music lesson, School of Music, Baghdad 1960, 2019
    Latif Al Ani, Music lesson, School of Music, Baghdad 1960, 2019
  • Latif Al Ani, Still life, Baghdad, 1958, 2019
    Latif Al Ani, Still life, Baghdad, 1958, 2019
  • Latif Al Ani, Building the Darbandikhan Dam, Darbandikhan, Kurdistan, 1962, 2019
    Latif Al Ani, Building the Darbandikhan Dam, Darbandikhan, Kurdistan, 1962, 2019
  • Latif Al Ani, Ancient city of Babylon, Hilla, Babylon, 1970, 2019
    Latif Al Ani, Ancient city of Babylon, Hilla, Babylon, 1970, 2019
  • Latif Al Ani, Monument to Freedom by Jewad Selim, Tahrir Square, Baghdad, 1962, 2019
    Latif Al Ani, Monument to Freedom by Jewad Selim, Tahrir Square, Baghdad, 1962, 2019
  • Latif Al Ani, Haidar-Khana Mosque, Rashid Street, Baghdad, 1961, 2019
    Latif Al Ani, Haidar-Khana Mosque, Rashid Street, Baghdad, 1961, 2019
  • Latif Al Ani, Construction of oil well, 1960, 2019
    Latif Al Ani, Construction of oil well, 1960, 2019
  • Latif Al Ani, Valley in North Iraq, 1960, 2019
    Latif Al Ani, Valley in North Iraq, 1960, 2019
  • Latif Al Ani, Date Palm in Basra, 1959, 2019
    Latif Al Ani, Date Palm in Basra, 1959, 2019
  • Latif Al Ani, Shepherd, Baghdad, 1962, 2019
    Latif Al Ani, Shepherd, Baghdad, 1962, 2019
  • Latif Al Ani, On the way to Damascus, 1955, 2019
    Latif Al Ani, On the way to Damascus, 1955, 2019
  • Latif Al Ani, Sports in School, Baghdad, 1960, 2019
    Latif Al Ani, Sports in School, Baghdad, 1960, 2019
  • Latif Al Ani, Waterfall at Gali Ali Beg, 1961, 2019
    Latif Al Ani, Waterfall at Gali Ali Beg, 1961, 2019
  • Latif Al Ani, Bust from Al-Hadar (Hatra City) 1960, 2019
    Latif Al Ani, Bust from Al-Hadar (Hatra City) 1960, 2019
  • Latif Al Ani, Portrait of an Iraqi lady, Baghdad, 1961, 2019
    Latif Al Ani, Portrait of an Iraqi lady, Baghdad, 1961, 2019
  • Latif Al Ani, Child in a modern house, Baghdad, 1964, 2019
    Latif Al Ani, Child in a modern house, Baghdad, 1964, 2019
  • Latif Al Ani, Latif at Sulaimaniya, North Iraq, 1957, 2019
    Latif Al Ani, Latif at Sulaimaniya, North Iraq, 1957, 2019
  • Latif Al Ani, Afternoon nap, Baghdad, 1956, 2019
    Latif Al Ani, Afternoon nap, Baghdad, 1956, 2019
  • Latif Al Ani, Family picnic with Mrs Latif Al Ani (on the right), Balad, Salah Al Din, 1970, 2019
    Latif Al Ani, Family picnic with Mrs Latif Al Ani (on the right), Balad, Salah Al Din, 1970, 2019
  • Latif Al Ani, Minaret of the Great Mosque of Samarra, Samarra, Salah Al Din, 1960, 2019
    Latif Al Ani, Minaret of the Great Mosque of Samarra, Samarra, Salah Al Din, 1960, 2019
  • Latif Al Ani, Fountain with light, Tayaran Square, Baghdad, 1960, 2019
    Latif Al Ani, Fountain with light, Tayaran Square, Baghdad, 1960, 2019
  • Latif Al Ani, Shepherd, Ctesiphon, Al Mada'in, 1962, 2019
    Latif Al Ani, Shepherd, Ctesiphon, Al Mada'in, 1962, 2019
  • Latif Al Ani, Palm orchards, Jadriya, Baghdad, 1970, 2019
    Latif Al Ani, Palm orchards, Jadriya, Baghdad, 1970, 2019
  • Latif Al Ani, Industrial School, 1961, 2019
    Latif Al Ani, Industrial School, 1961, 2019
  • Latif Al Ani, Waterfall in North Iraq, 1961, 2019
    Latif Al Ani, Waterfall in North Iraq, 1961, 2019
  • Latif Al Ani, Samarra bridge, Samarra, 1960, 2019
    Latif Al Ani, Samarra bridge, Samarra, 1960, 2019
  • Latif Al Ani, Housing project office, Yarmouk, Baghdad, 1962, 2019
    Latif Al Ani, Housing project office, Yarmouk, Baghdad, 1962, 2019
  • Latif Al Ani, Aegean Sea, Turkey, 1966, 2019
    Latif Al Ani, Aegean Sea, Turkey, 1966, 2019
  • Latif Al Ani, Salt collectors in south of Baghdad, 1963, 2019
    Latif Al Ani, Salt collectors in south of Baghdad, 1963, 2019
  • Latif Al Ani, Aqrah, Nineveh, 1961, 2019
    Latif Al Ani, Aqrah, Nineveh, 1961, 2019

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