Mustafah Abdulaziz is surrounded by the same landscape, lit by the same saturating afternoon light as the rest of us, but sees things differently, capturing “the scene that strives to appear one way but looks to me another.” Memory Loss is about how people appear in an environment that is so familiar to them that they stop seeing and consequently, forget how they appear in it. It takes a photographer, ideally one like Mustafah, to freeze the moment and hold it up for us all to marvel at for its strangeness/curiosity/sublimity. These wonderful moments – a singular character in a crowd or a face pulled by a child that a mother doesn’t see – are our total disconnects from a staid reality and, for the most part, we hardly even notice. (via It’s Nice That : Memory Loss by Mustafah Abdulaziz is forgetting where we are when we are right there)

House fire, Roy, Utah, March 2012 by Mustafah Abdulaziz

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I first came across the work of 26 year old photographer Mustafah Abdulaziz a few years ago; it was his 2008 series, The Cowboys of Patagonia. I was instantly struck by these beautiful images with their rich tones and cinematic feel. Ever since then I’ve been following his work quite closely, from covering New York Fashion Week for the New York Times, to being the first contract photographer for the Wall Street Journal; impressive indeed. I caught up with Mustafah, just as he’s getting ready to fly back to the states for another road trip, to talk about his recent transition from New York City to Berlin, his celebrated series Memory Loss and how he feels being chosen as one of PDN’s 30 emerging photographers to watch. (via Interview: Mustafah Abdulaziz - Sweet and Sound)

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Mustafah Abdulaziz - Memory Loss

“I’m interested in the connection between how we as Americans present ourselves and our familiar environments and the subsequent disconnects created when we forget how we appear. In a time when our shared culture is represented in such polarising extremes, I looked for the line between me, the drifting outsider, and the scene that strives to appear one way but appears to me another.”

This insightful series of images from photographer Mustafah Abdulaziz documents the inherent contradictions of everyday life. From the people awaiting the arrival of Hurricane Irene on Coney Island, to the patrol car stationed under a tree in Pensylvania. Simply by seeing such ‘ordinary’ occurances, recorded photographically, Abdulaziz highlights the interesting juxtapositions that surround our ‘normal’ lives on a day-to-day basis. 

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“Joe, Tennessee River, Tennessee, June 8, 2011” by Mustafah Abdulaziz

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wanemag:

I came across the work of  25-year-old freelance photographer Mustafah Abdulaziz  “Memory Loss” and was immeditly captivated by his images. The serie, reminiscent of road trip movies, explore the notion of distance and disconnection. Mustafah spent three weeks driving across the country with the photographer Justin Maxon and gathered 52 rolls of film. Every image is like a little gem, an short candid istant of life, beautifully captured by this young and promising photographer.

You can read more on his work of  Mustafah Abdulaziz and the American Road Trip Article for the NYTimes.com or visit his website.

“State carnival, Willingboro, New Jersey, July 30, 2010” by Mustafah Abdulaziz

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blotbook:

Mustafah Abdulaziz - Memory Loss

“I’m interested in the connection between how we as Americans present ourselves and our familiar environments and the subsequent disconnects created when we forget how we appear. In a time when our shared culture is represented in such polarising extremes, I looked for the line between me, the drifting outsider, and the scene that strives to appear one way but appears to me another.”

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This insightful series of images from photographer Mustafah Abdulaziz documents the inherent contradictions of everyday life. From the people awaiting the arrival of Hurricane Irene on Coney Island, to the patrol car stationed under a tree in Pennsylvania. Simply by seeing such ‘ordinary’ occurances, recorded photographically, Abdulaziz highlights the interesting juxtapositions that surround our ‘normal’ lives on a day-to-day basis. 

http://www.mustafahabdulaziz.com/memory-loss

Mustafah Abdulaziz’s “USA v. Japan” from the project Memory Loss on view at Freies Museum in Berlin from 13 Jan - 6 February 2012

wanemag:

I came across the work of  25-year-old freelance photographer Mustafah Abdulaziz  “ Memory Loss” and was immeditly captivated by his images. This serie is reminiscent of road trip movies and explore the notion of distance and disconnection. Mustafah spent three weeks driving across the country with the photographer Justin Maxon and gathered 52 rolls of film. Every image is like a little gem, an short candid istant of life, beautifull captured by this young and promising photographer.

You can read more on his work of  Mustafah Abdulaziz and the American Road Trip Article for the NYTimes.com or visit his website.