Women of Kuwait

Andrea Smith, Publicist National print and online campaign Social Media campaign Promotion through: www.daylightbooks.org Photo magazines: Aperture, Photo District News, Professional Photographer, Rangefinder, Shutterbug, The Photo Review, British Journal of Photography, Photographer’s Forum, Photo-Eye, among others. Niche: Feminist magazines (Ms., Ragazine, Bust, Bitch, Jezebel, Diva, Refinery 29, Curve), Women/Fashion magazines (Marie Claire, Elle, More, Vogue, Harper’s Bazaar, W, Elle Décor), T Magazine (New York Times), Home & Design, Dwell, Print, Wallpaper, Whitewall, Design Observer Middle Eastern Media: to be researched + will pull from media secured for previous projects about artists and subjects from the Middle East, i.e., Canvas, Islamic Arts Magazine, Harper’s Bazaar Art, Arabia, General interest publications (books, art, culture): The New Yorker, Harper’s, New York Review of Books, Smithsonian, Mother Jones, etc. Trade press: Publishers Weekly, Library Journal, Booklist, Choice Top Market Newspapers: The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Guardian (UK), The Independent (UK), The Sunday Times (UK), etc. Blogs/Online: Hyperallergic, The Huffington Post, The Daily Beast, Feature Shoot, Lenscratch, aCurator, Musee magazine, We-Heart, Colossal, etc. Broadcast: NPR programs (national and local), BBC, CNN, Aljazeera

Since moving to New York from Kuwait City Maha Alasaker learned that the everyday American has no conception of what daily life is like for women in modern-day Kuwait. Seeking to address this, Alasaker began making portraits of women in their bedrooms and asking them about their lives. This intimate collection of environmental portraits provides aSince moving to New York from Kuwait City Maha Alasaker learned that the everyday American has no conception of what daily life is like for women in modern-day Kuwait. Seeking to address this, Alasaker began making portraits of women in their bedrooms and asking them about their lives. This intimate collection of environmental portraits provides a never-before-seen look at what it means to be a young woman in Kuwait.