El molesto asunto - Akram Zaatari

This scarce monograph provides a profound curatorial dive into Zaatari’s radical exploration of historical memory, social taboos, and the power of the photographic archive. True to its title—which translates to "The Annoying Actor" or "An Uncomfortable Subject"—the book chronicles Zaatari’s practice of unearthing buried, overlooked, or politically sensitive photographic histories from mid-20th-century Lebanon, treating the archive as a living, shifting medium.
Spanning a meticulously curated selection of visual documents, the book showcases his iconic video stills, excavated photo-studio negatives, and conceptual text installations. Rendered with Charta’s hallmark high-fidelity printing and exceptional paper stock, this out-of-print title is a vital acquisition for institutional libraries and serious private collectors of contemporary Middle Eastern photography, post-war Lebanese visual culture, and conceptual artist books.