Debolski, Ryan, photographer.

LIKE / Ryan Debolski, Jason Koxvold.

[New York] : Gnomic Book, [2020]
©2020

1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 32 cm

Ryan Debolski made this work during a year in Oman as part of his Fulbright Fellowship in 2014. LIKE explores the physical and digital relationships of the migrant workers who build the infrastructure of Oman, a rapidly modernizing country rich in oil and natural gas. These men, predominantly from East Africa and the Indian subcontinent, communicate using widely available, low-cost smartphones that help them cope with the social isolation they face while living in camps for years. As quickly as new friends are made, others disappear without a trace, never to be heard from again: workers are deported for various reasons, or shuffled around to different camps throughout the region. The book includes an essay by Jason Koxvold entitled 'Raw Material: Capital and Exploitation at the Neoliberal Frontier', which lays out the work in the context of the history of representation of labour in art.

9781733887724
1733887725

Photography, Artistic.
Foreign workers Oman Pictorial works.
Photographie artistique.
art photography.
Foreign workers
Oman Pictorial works.
Oman

photobooks.
Photobooks
Illustrated works
Livres de photographies.

Koxvold, Jason, writer of added commentary.

Location: Library main 316047
Call No.: 316047
Status: Available