Rosalind Nashashibi

Artist Rosalind Nashashibi photographed in her studio just before we all went into lockdown for UAE newspaper, The National.

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Thanks to Charlotte Mayhew, who now lives in the UAE as a picture editor for the National, I have been asked to work on a few really interesting commissions. Its always great to nose around the places that people work and the quick conversation we had around the shoot was enlightening. Invariably we do the dance of ‘shall I just clean up/ please don’t touch a thing, it looks great’ but Rosalind was really welcoming. She is better known for her 16mm films, which won her a nomination for the Turner Prize, but she also paints, and this is what she was concentrating on when we met.

I do regret not seeking out more of the stories from artists, photographers and filmmakers when they were offered to me as a student. I was particularly blinkered and immature in that regard, because now I find this the greatest privilege in my work, as well as catching snippets of the interview in progress.

Picture Editor: Charlotte Mayhew

Interviewer: Melissa Gronlund