Featured image: Timeless Hope

تبقى ذكرى — Remains A Memory

Remains A Memory is a still photo collection from Gaza City, encapsulating a place that holds stories of the land and the sea.

Within the frames, serene moments unfold against a backdrop that longs for genuine peace—a rarity in the artist’s hometown.

In this show, Lara Aburamadan explores the transformation of memories of home shaped by the relentless impact of war, transitioning from tangible reality to the ethereal realms of daydreams and nostalgia.

Having lived in exile for years, Aburamadan is left pondering the uncertain path ahead, questioning the fate of a Gaza that clings to memories of people and places that don’t exist anymore.

Lara Aburamadan‘s exhibition is on view from February 9–May 23, 2024

Lara Aburamadan is a Palestinian visual artist, journalist and Co-founder of Refugee Eye. Born and raised in Gaza City, now based in the San Francisco Bay Area, she tends to embrace the human perspective through visual storytelling. Her photographs and writings have been published in Time Magazine, New York Times, VICE, The Atlantic, NPR, San Francisco Chronicle, The Progressive Magazine, AJ+, and elsewhere.

Lara has been chosen by Time Magazine among 34 women photojournalists around the world that you should follow their work in 2017.

Small case

Sayyad (Fisherman)
Enhanced matte paper
11” x 14”
2012
$950

Siblings
Enhanced matte paper
11” x 14”
2016
$950

Big case
Left to right

The Last Gaze
Enhanced matte paper
11” x 14”
2010
$950

Fatherhood
Enhanced matte paper
11” x 14”
2016
$950

Timeless Hope
Enhanced matte paper
11” x 14”
2013
$1,100

Sheikh Ejleen Grapes
Enhanced matte paper
11” x 14”
2016
$950

Love Has Wings
Enhanced matte paper
11” x 14”
2015
$950

The Ramp Gallery is an artist-driven exhibition space at SOMArts that is currently accepting applications for four-week long solo and group shows. An opportunity for entrepreneurial artists to ramp up their careers by exhibiting at one of San Francisco’s most dynamic hubs for art and community, the high-visibility location of The Ramp Gallery is adjacent to the main entrance of SOMArts and open to all local artists in the Bay Area. To learn more about the space please visit, The Ramp Gallery.