Patterns

Note Note Editions presents Note Note Collection. Between the fanzine and the book, The collection tells in images of “obsessions” which punctuate in a more or less recurrent the work of contemporary photographers. In each issue his photographer, invited to come and take over the entire pagination for tell in pictures a favorite theme, an object that is close to his heart, or another being who is dear to him, in a funny and absurd way or serious and serious. For this third issue, Farah Al Qasimi takes us into her world kaleidoscopic, where, beyond a feeling of beauty and softness, the The motifs and objects she captures highlight contradictions. For her, they talk about who we are, our context and our way of entering into relationship. We sometimes see how an object designed to be beautiful can be completely altered or used in an unexpected way. This failure – the imperfection inevitable – is felt as deeply human by the artist. She admits have empathy for objects, almost giving them souls. Sensitive to ideas of longevity and overconsumption, she observes their travels between the cultures and how they are re-imagined based on their environment. Dating back to childhood and his love for a Persian rug of his family, the patterns are essential for Farah Al Qasimi who sees them as windows onto whole universes