media & publications
2013
Singapore acts as arts link from Asia to Gulf
by Umej Bhatia
In Focus, The National, UAE
March 22, 2013
Room to Grow
with text by Sophie Quick
The Big Issue, Australia
February 2013
Ordinary Lives
Interview by Joobin Bekhrad
REORIENT Middle Eastern Arts & Culture Magazine
January 14, 2013
Junge Frauen in ihren privaten Gemächern
Interview and text by Mathias Morscher
Kultur section, Kurier, Austria
January 15, 2013
Rawiya She Who Tells a Story: Women Photographers from Iran and the Arab World, curated by Ms. Kristen Gresh
Henry and Lois Foster Gallery
Museum of Fine Art, Boston
What Remains: Deserted Spaces & Lost Memories
Exit, Spain
May 2013
L'adolescenza in una stanza
with text by Andrea Visconti,
La Repubblica, Italy
February 14, 2013
Le Portfolio: Forts Intérieurs
by Emilie Grangeray
M Le magazine du Monde
January 19, 2013
Lányok & Lányszobák
Digitális Fotó Magazin, Hungary
January 2013
2012
Ordinary Lives: Women of hte Middle East
Sana Gallery Exhibition Review,
Harper's Bazaar, Winter 2012/2013
Adolescence
Book and Exhibition Catalog,
edited and curated by Gianpaolo Arena
Landscape Stories, November 2012
People are People. Everywhere.
doc! photo magazine
Issue #5, pp.34-69
November 2012
Girl's life
by Greg Cook
Boston Phoenix
October 2, 2012
Rania Matar, Girls In Between
Le Journal de la Photographie, September 21, 2012
You are my Mirror
Exhibition Catalog
published by Ariadne Photo Gallery
Photos capture girls caught 'between two worlds'
by Rick de Yampert
Daytona Beach News Journal
September 14, 2012
Rania Matar, A Girl and Her Room
Gente di Fotografia
Italy, August 2012
MBL KNST, TLL
GEO Magazine KOSMOS
August 2012
Mijn kamer, mijn koninkrijk
De Morgan, by Charlotte Van Hacht
Belgium, June 12, 2012
Intime Einblicke: ''A girl and her room''
Die Presse Schaufenster, Austria, June 2012
A Girl and Her Room
LIV, supplement of "i" newspaper
Portugal, June 18, 2012
Rania Matar - L'Enfant-Femme
Work in Progress, OjodePez #29
La Chica Issue, La Fabrica
curator Arianna Rinaldo
Spain, June 2012
Was kommt nach der Schule?
GEO Wissen #49, Germany
May 2012
A Girl and Her Room
Photo-Eye Blog
Review by Karen Jenkins
May 10, 2012
Up Close & Personal: A Girl and Her Room
Allure Magazine
by Alexandra Owens, May 2, 2012
Her space, if not quite her castle
The Daily Star
by India Stoughton
Beirut, April 28, 2012
Success Stories: Rania Matar
Lenscratch
Interview by Aline Smithson
April 23, 2012
Interviews: Rania Matar on A Girl and Her Room
Photo-Eye Blog
Interview by Sarah Bradley
April 25, 2012
Une adolescence féminine
HEBDO Magazine, Beirut
by Delphine Darmency
April 20, 2012
The Samawi Collection II
press release
(view the catalog)
Ayyam Art Center, Dubai
Anthologie Poemes et Photographies du Monde Entier
Editions Turquoise,
Voix de Femmes, 2012
Make Room for Girls
by Akshita Nanda
Life! Arts, Straits Times
December 11, 2012
Rania Matar
Review of Blue Sky Exhibit
Visual Art Source, Editorial Features
by Richard Speer, November 2012
Photographing the transition from girl to woman
Exhibition Review, by Mark Feeney
Boston Globe
September 21, 2012
Rania Matar A Girl and Her Room
Landscape Stories: Adolescence
September 2012
Rania Matar – A Girl in Her Room
Book Review by Douglas Stockdale
FotoGrafia di Roma XI Photobook exhibition
August 23, 2012
Keep Out
Marie Claire Greece
August 2012
Insight: Rania Matar
On View Magazine
August 2012
Girl Uninterruped
PDN pick of the month, PDN
July 2012
A girl and her room
The Daily Mail, UK
by Olivia Flemming, June 4, 2012
A Girl and Her Room : Photographs from a new book by Rania Matar (slideshow)
Slate Book Review, Slate Magazine
by Susan Minot, June 1, 2012
From Boston To Beirut: A Girl And Her Room
The Picture Show, NPR
by Claire O'Neill, May 23, 2012
A Girl and Her Room: Portraits of Teenage Girls' Inner Worlds Through Their Bedroom Interiors
Brain Pickings
by Maria Popova, May 30, 2012
'A Girl and Her Room' Exhibit: Photos by Rania Matar (gallery)
The Daily Beast, Newsweek
by Lizzie Crocker, May 20, 2012
A Girl and Her Room
La Lettre de la Photographie
Book Review by Jonas Cuénin
May 7, 2012
A Girl and Her Room
Rangefinder Magazine
by David Carol
May 2012
A Girl and Her Room
Working Class Magazine
Review by Ryan Michael Commins
THE GIRL ISSUE, May 2012
Rania Matar ne fait pas antichambre
L'Orient-le Jour
by Colette Khalaf
April 19, 2012
A Girl and Her Room
Annahar Newspaper
by Laure Gorayeb
April 17, 2012
Ausstellung in Dubai: Frauen an der Schwelle
FAZ, The Empty Quarter Exhibition Review
April 12, 2012
Una adolescente y su cuarto
Fotomundo Magazine
Argentina, Mars/April 2012 Issue
2011
A Girl and Her Room
GEO Ado Magazine
France, October 2011
Photographing Childhood: The Image and the Memory, edited by LaNola Stone, September 2011
Featuring work by Rania Matar, among others.
Ordinary Lives
Leica International
June 2011
Rania Matar: A Girl and Her Room
The Mosaic Room Exhibition Catalog
July 2011
Nella stanza delle ragazze
La Repubblica Italy
pp. 74-80, June 11, 2011
Contemporary US Photographers
Artvas/The Photo, Korean Art/Photo Magazine
June 2011 Issue
Totally Real Live Girls on Richmond
by Dean Liscum, De Santos Exhibition Review, The Great God Pan Is Dead, April 13, 2011
Rania Matar: Giving a Voice to the Oppressed, Part I
The Leica Camera Blog Interview, January 20, 2011
Rania Matar: Personal and Poetic,
Part 2
The Leica Camera Blog Interview, January 31, 2011
Rania Matar
European Photography 90
PRIVACY Issue, December 27, 2011
A Girl and her Room by Rania Matar
Fraction Magazine
September 2011
Girls in Color
Rangefinder Magazine
by Paul Slaughter, August 2011
Pootevrené dvere do dívcích svetů
Lidove Noviny
The Czech Republic, July 2011
On show: the ties that bind teenagers
The Mosaic Rooms Exhibition Review
Guardian Newspaper, UK
July 1, 2011
Rania Matar - Ordinary Lives
Book review by Doug Stockdale
The Photo Book, June 28, 2011
Family Moments
Esquire Russia, March 22, 2011
SPOTLIGHT: Rania Matar
2010 Portfolio Contest Selection, with text by Shawn O'Sullivan, COLOR Magazine, January 2011
2010 Competition Winners
The Photo Review, Juried by Brian Paul Clamp, Director, ClampArt
2010
A Girl and her Room (in English)
Rearview Mirror Magazine, Issue #4, Italy, October 2010
text is fictional and does not refer to any of the girls in the photos
Ordinary Lives
Society for Photographic Education, Exposure, vol. 43:2, Book Review by James Rajotte, Fall 2010
Résurgences
Revue Triages, Numero 22, with poems by Catherine Ribes de Palma
Revue litteraire et artistique, Tarabuste Editions, Paris France
Rania Matar
Greater Middle East Photo, June 8, 2010
Winner of the Third Prize at "Lebanese Diaspora" International Art Exhibition, Rania Matar talks to LERC
Interviewed by Elie Nabhan
April 16, 1010
Rania Matar
Featured photograph "Brittany 19"
VERVE Photo, April 12, 2010
A Girl and her Room
Urban Magazine Italy, with text by Federico Della Bella, February 2010
Rania Matar
Featured Artist, Levantine Cultural Center, March 2010
Artist of this Issue: Rania Matar
Annahar Newspaper Art and Culture Section, Beirut, February 28, 2010
Light Breaks the Darkness: An Interview with Rania Matar, Part 1
Yell Softly, January 21, 2010
Light Breaks the Darkness: An Interview with Rania Matar, Part 2
Yell Softly, January 22, 2010
Lives on Both Sides of the Divide
I Photo Central, E-Photo Newsletter, Issue 177, Book Review by Matt Damsker, December 11, 2010
Lost People
Boston Globe Exhibit Review by Cate McQuaid, September 29, 2010
Moving Pictures
An intimate look at Lebanon through the lens of Rania Matar
The Review, The National, UAE
connection American
Susan Burnstine reports on an American-based photographer working in the Middle East
B&W Magazine UK
2009 Competition Winners
The Photo Review, Juried by Lesley Martin
Ordinary Lives
Apogee Photo Magazine, Book Review by Elizabeth Powis
Rania Matar and Natan Dvir
An Interview by Susan Burnstine
F-Stop A Photography Magazine
Ordinary Lives
The Photo Review Magazine, Book Review by Susan Burnstine, Volume 29, Number 1
Being on the Edge Between Two Worlds
Bite Magazine (formerly The Black Snapper), Online Exhibition Curated by Elie Domit, The Empty Quarter Gallery, Dubai
I Was Humbled By People's Resilience And Hospitality
Bite Magazine (formerly The Black Snapper), Online Exhibition Selected by Margo de Beijer
Ordinary Lives
Leica Magazine Book Review, January 2010
Ordinary Lives
Photo-Eye Magazine Book Review, by Susan Burnstine
2009
Ordinary Lives
Moors Magazine Book Review, November 2009
Ordinary Lives at Galerie Janine Rubeiz
Al Mustaqbal Art Review, October 20, 2009
Quand la camera se dote d'une incomparable sensibilite
L'Orient le Jour Art Review, by Edgar Davidian, October 12, 2009
Ordinary Lives at Galerie Janine Rubeiz
Annahar Newspaper, October 14, 2009
PRC Juried Publication
Photographic Resource Center Magazine, Juried by Dana Faconti, Blind Spot Editor and Publisher, September 2009
Exhibition: Man, Life Circulations
St Petersburg Times, Top Stories, September 18, 2009
Rania Matar: Un Art Photographique Conferant son Charactere Particulier
Revue du Liban, by Nicole Malhame September 2009
Gaining Focus
Boston Magazine, by Eva Medoff, September 2009
The Forgotten People
Nueva Luz Photographic Journal #13, En Foco, Spring 2009
The Veil
Post Road Magazine, Issue #17, Spring 2009
Just life, frame by poetic frame
Boston Globe Art Review by Mark Feeney, December 26, 2009
Ordinary Lives: The Agony and Passion of Lebanon
Middle East Open Forum by Basil Hakki, December 27, 2009
The Pursuit of Happiness
a Photo Album, Catalog Noorderlicht Photofestival 2009
The American Dream
100 Eyes Magazine, December 2009
A Close-up View of Everyday People
Boston Globe Photography Review by Mark Feeney, December 8, 2009
Rania Matar: The Forgotten People
Of Note Magazine, by Grace Aneiza Ali, December 2009
Everything is Normal
Al Ittihad Abu Dhabi, by Ghalia Kabbani, December 2009
Ordinary Lives
The Bloomsbury Review Volume 29, Issue 5, Book Review by R.K. Dickson, November/December 2009
'Three Concerned Women' Shines a Light on Cultures Around the World
MetroWest Daily News, by Chris Bergeron, November 12, 2009
Normal Lives, Extraordinary Circumstances
The Daily Star, by Emily Holman, November 9, 2009
Duality Inspires Lebanon Images
Boston Globe Photography Review by Mark Feeney, November 7, 2009
2008
The Aftermath
Wellesley Women's Review of Books, by Rachel Rosenfield Lafo, May-June 2008 Issue
Rania Matar: Lebanon at the Crossroads
Artscope Magazine, By Catherine Laferriere, January-February 2008 Issue
Photographing the Human Spirit
South End News, By Scott Kearnan, January 17, 2008
Veiled References
Brookline Magazine, By Kristen Paulson, January 2008 Issue
ICA FOSTER PRIZE PRESS:
2008 ICA FOSTER PRIZE FINALISTS: A Conversation with Rania Matar
Big Red and Shiny, By Matthew Gamber, December 14, 2008
At the ICA, striking photo of Three Nuns
Boston Globe, By Michael Paulson, Articles of Faith, November 24, 2008
Eyes on the Prize
Boston Globe, By Sebastian Smee, November 22, 2008
Four Eyes: ICA's Foster Prize Showcases Boston Artists' Varied Visions
Boston Herald, By Keith Powers, November 20, 2008
Foster prize competitors bring works to the ICA
Suffolk Journal, By Erica Lawton, November 19, 2008
Game Show - Who will win the ICA's Foster Prize?
The Phoenix, By Greg Cook, November 18, 2008
2007
Act of Faith
On Faith and Conflict, Ecstasy and Excess, Catalog Noorderlicht Photofestival 2007
Rania Matar: Savas, Sonrasi Kadinlar ve Çocuklar
Fotoritim, November 2007 Issue
Interior Worlds, Exterior Visions
Art New England, By Shawn Hill, October-November 2007
Turning Silver
25th Anniversary, Juror Choice 100, Women in Photography International, November 2007 Issue
The World's Greatest Black & White Photography
Black & White Spider Awards Book, #1
Spotlight Award
B&W Magazine, October 2007
Finding Humanity Among Ruin
Boston Globe, By Denise Taylor, September 13, 2007
Silver Eye takes us through The Looking Glass
Pittsburgh City Paper, By Savannah Guz, August 23, 2007
Under Cover
Boston Globe, April 2007
History Recalls and Nothing Has Changed
The Washington Report on Middle East Affairs, March 2007
Moving Walls: "Pour voir au-delà de..."
L'Orient-Le-Jour, l'article de Colette Khalaf, February 2007
Des photos pour franchir les murs
L'Agenda Culturel, February 2007
2006-2005
Local photographer works to document forgotten lives
Allston-Brighton TAB, By Anna Katherine Clemmons, September 23, 2005
Photographer gets in the face of refugee problem
Daily Star, By Kaelen Wilson-Goldie, August 13, 2005
Excellence Award: Rania Matar
Black & White Magazine, Annual 2006
The Veil: Modesty, Fashion, Religious Devotion or Political Statement?
SHOTS Magazine, Issue 92, The Documentary & Photojournalism Issue, Summer 2006
Rania Matar: A Forgotten Population
Art New England, By Jenni T. Williamson, February/March 2006