Publisher's Synopsis
"Succession is a photo book about Oman that addresses my anxiety about an uncertain political future. Working with archival material that primarily focuses on the first decade of His Majesty Sultan Qaboos's rule, I look to the past, to rethink the meaning of identity, history, memory, and loss.The photographs are sourced from Oman, a quarterly newsletter issued by the embassy of the Sultanate of Oman in the UK from 1973 into the 1980s. The purpose of this publication was to keep those within the diplomatic circle informed about the new developments in the Sultanate following the accession of the "Renaissance Man" to the throne on July 23,1970.These newsletters were collected by my father during his post as the First Secretary in the Oman Embassy and they served as a starting point for me to explore the formation of what is known as the modern Oman.The book features a selection of photographs captured using iPhone and then reworked to cr
