{"product_id":"the-fold","title":"The Fold","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eLonglisted for the Kraszna-Krausz Foundation's 2026 Photography Book Award and shortlisted at Les Rencontres d'Arles 2026, \u003cem\u003eThe Fold\u003c\/em\u003e is a powerful and formally inventive work from Iranian-born artist Hoda Afshar (b. 1983). Taking as its starting point an archive created by French psychiatrist Gaëtan de Clérambault — who photographed thousands of veiled subjects in early 20th-century Morocco — Afshar subjects these fragmented colonial images to darkroom manipulation and digital intervention, transforming them into a critical interrogation of power and the gaze. The book examines how the bodies of Islamic women have been instrumentalised across history, from imperial unveiling campaigns to state-enforced veiling, and asks what it means to reclaim an image. With essays by Ali Behdad and Annabelle Lacour, and a conversation with Taous Dahmani. Bilingual English\/French.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hoda Afshar","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56250951860609,"sku":null,"price":45.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0603\/7613\/files\/IMG_7056.jpg?v=1789228543","url":"https:\/\/www.clairederouenbooks.com\/products\/the-fold","provider":"Claire de Rouen","version":"1.0","type":"link"}