Guernsey Photography Festival 2024

United Kingdom

Tami
Aftab

‘The Dog’s in the Car’

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The Dog’s in the Car is a collaboration between the artist and her father, who suffers from a unique short-term memory loss. Navigating intimacy, illness, and care through a performative photographic lens, Aftab explores where lightness can be found in disability and the bond it creates. We use a playful tone through visualising memories and notions of familial care. The project discusses a father-daughter relationship, alongside how one family decides to change how they view ideas of illness and identity.

3 October to 26 October at the Gatehouse Gallery - Elizabeth College - (please note that due to safeguarding, the gallery can only be accessible by the public over weekends from 10am to 4.30pm)

About Tami

Tami Aftab is a British Pakistani photographer based in London, she graduated from London College of Communication on BA Photography in 2020. Aftab's work touches on subjects of intimacy and performance, with an underlying nature of playfulness. Aftab has continuously collaborated with family members, such as in her two projects The Dog's in the Car and The Children of the Wildflower. Some of her recent clients include WeTransfer, Atmos, Google, Stella McCartney, Net-a-Porter, BMW, The New York Times, British Journal of Photography, and BBC Earth.

Learn more

To learn more about Tami Aftab and her work visit her website and follow her on Instagram: @tamiaftab