{"id":447487,"date":"2024-12-27T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-12-27T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/?p=447487"},"modified":"2024-12-26T14:33:55","modified_gmt":"2024-12-26T20:33:55","slug":"mous-lamrabat-mousganistan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/2024\/12\/mous-lamrabat-mousganistan\/","title":{"rendered":"Mous Lamrabat&#8217;s Striking Portraits Put Unity, Love, and Compassion in Sharp Focus"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull is-style-default entry-header is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-5 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\"><figure class=\"colo-post-featured-image wp-block-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1706\" height=\"2560\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/lamrabat-7-scaled.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"a striking portrait of a figure wearing a niqab, with roses on her head and wire worn like glasses in front of her eyes that reads &quot;love&quot;\" style=\"object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/lamrabat-7-scaled.jpg 1706w, https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/lamrabat-7-640x960.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/lamrabat-7-960x1440.jpg 960w, https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/lamrabat-7-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/lamrabat-7-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/lamrabat-7-1365x2048.jpg 1365w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1706px) 100vw, 1706px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">&#8220;The world is thirsty&#8221; 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Through fashion photography and vibrant personal work, the photographer celebrates love, freedom, and unity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Five years in the making, Lamrabat&#8217;s new book <em><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/p\/books\/mousganistan-mous-lamrabat\/21042565?ean=9789401499002\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Mousganistan<\/a><\/em> is a dive into &#8220;an in-between territory in which opposites collide and create beauty and abundance, new connections, and dialogues in a visually thought-provoking and at times confronting way,&#8221; says a statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"1439\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/lamrabat-6-960x1439.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-447489\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/lamrabat-6-960x1439.jpg 960w, https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/lamrabat-6-640x959.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/lamrabat-6-768x1151.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/lamrabat-6-1025x1536.jpg 1025w, https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/lamrabat-6-1366x2048.jpg 1366w, https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/lamrabat-6-scaled.jpg 1708w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">&#8220;Pinky promises&#8221; (2021)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Published by Lannoo, <em>Mousganistan <\/em>leads us on a journey through portraiture and Lamrabat&#8217;s creative process, highlighting the spaces where cultures, symbols, capitalism, spirituality, and survival meet. 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