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Between the visible and the unseen, what can be told and what must remain unsaid, A Room with Seven Roses explores the lives of a group of children affected by extreme and recurring traumatic experiences since their earliest days of existence. The resulting body of work is a visual collaboration between the photographer, the children, and psychologists who have worked with them, taking place in the transitory safe space they live in away from their original homes.
The traces across the space, the fleeting human presence, and the uncanny juxtaposed with the mundane elements of daily life, draw on notions of loss, the need for belonging, the fragility of identity in children, and the lasting effects of abuse, trauma, and neglect on people, especially when exposed at a young age.
In parallel, the project also taps into the limitations and restrictions of the genre of documentary photography. The story enforces anonymity and requires discretion in order to protect the identities of the children.
How can the story be conveyed without revealing too much?
بين المرئي والخفي؛ بين ما يمكن قوله وما يجب ألا يُباح به، يستكشف "غرفة مع ورودٍ سبع" حياة مجموعة من الأطفال يعانون من تجارب صادمة متكررة منذ أيامهم الأولى في الحياة. نتاج ذلك هو عمل تشاركي بين المصور والأطفال والمعالجين النفسيين الذين يعملون معهم في مكان آمن يعيشون فيه مؤقتاً بعيداً عن بيوتهم.
آثار الحياة في هذا المكان والحضور الإنساني الخاطف وتراكب ما هو غريب ومنفر مع عناصر الحياة اليومية تستحضر جميعاً مفاهيم الفقد والحاجة للانتماء وهشاشة الهوية الشخصية عند الأطفال والآثار المستمرة للصدمة والإهمال والإيذاء الذي تعرضوا له منذ عمر مبكر. بالتوازي مع ذلك، يلمس المشروع العقبات التي قد يواجهها مشروع وثائقي فوتوغرافي من هذا النوع. فالقصة تفرض التكتم وتجهيل أبطالها لحماية هويات الأطفال. كيف يمكن أن تروي قصة دون أن تبوح بالكثير؟
Tarek Haddad is a Lebanese photographer born and based in Beirut. His work is inspired and driven by a constant questioning of the emotional and relational human conduct. His projects ruminate on humanity's engagement with the environment, in both spatial and cultural aspects. His series, Vesica Piscis, was exhibited at Galerie Janine Rubeiz in Lebanon in 2017. His Neoplasticity artwork was part of a group show during the Beirut Art Fair in 2016, and was part of the opening show at CUB Gallery in Beirut in in 2017.
www.tkhaddad.com
www.instagram.com/tkhaddad
Tarek Haddad is a Lebanese photographer born and based in Beirut. His work is inspired and driven by a constant questioning of the emotional and relational human conduct. His projects ruminate on humanity's engagement with the environment, in both spatial and cultural aspects. His series, Vesica Piscis, was exhibited at Galerie Janine Rubeiz in Lebanon in 2017. His Neoplasticity artwork was part of a group show during the Beirut Art Fair in 2016, and was part of the opening show at CUB Gallery in Beirut in in 2017.
www.tkhaddad.com
www.instagram.com/tkhaddad
