A Memorial in Fragments - Majd Arandas

Fine Art Archival Print on Matte Media
25.4 x 38.1 cms 

Majd Arandas, was killed by an Israeli airstrike near his home in Deir al-Balah in central Gaza on Wednesday, November 1, 2023.   

In April 2025, our Dubai based gallery, Gulf Photo Plus hosted an exhibition of "A Memorial in Fragments" that considers the afterlife of images and how they function not just as present-day records but as future testimony. The show presents an extensive body of work produced by Majd throughout his life, by presenting images retrieved by his brother after his tragic death. The exhibition aims to interrogate the politics of image-making and the shifting role of photography as tools of evidence.

This image of the parakeets cuddling on an onstretched hand is one of the images exhibited and is for sale with net proceeds going to his family who evacuated out of Gaza before the borders were closed in early 2024.