As part of the theme semester, “Cultural Treasures of the Middle East,” the Office of Diversity Affairs in the Horace H. Rackham School of Graduate Studies is sponsoring a visit by Peter Sanders, who is internationally recognized as one of the world’s leading photographers of the Islamic world.
Sanders will present “The World is but a Moment: A Photographic Odyssey through the Muslim World” at 7:30 p.m. March 11 in the Rackham Amphitheatre. A reception will follow in the Assembly Hall.
A sampling of his work is available at http://www.petersanders.com.
Sanders began his career in the mid 1960s, covering London’s seminal rock and roll scene, capturing now legendary music icons in a collection that is considered a classic by collectors. Travel to India in 1970 set him on a search that led to the Muslim world and transformed the nature of his work.
Sanders has spent the last 30 years documenting the remains of traditional Islamic societies that fast are disappearing from the Earth.
He has created a striking and disparate record of the last vestiges of traditional Muslim societies in transition. The most recent publication of his work is “In the Shade of the Tree: A Photographic Odyssey Through the Muslim World” (2002).
In 1986, Sanders established the Peter Sanders Photographic Library in London to address the lack of high-quality photographs of the Islamic world appearing in the media. He has traveled extensively and his collection includes photos from Saudi Arabia, China, Iran, Egypt, Morocco, Spain, Mauritania, Senegal, Mali, India, the United States, Sudan, Jordan and Jerusalem, among other countries. His photography has appeared in many commercial publications, as well as in books on Islam.
For more information, contact TaShara Bailey at (734) 615-1291 or divasst@umich.edu.
