ARAMCO: Above the Oil Fields

(Hardback)

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Saudi Arabia; Saudi culture; American culture, Suburban lifestyle; Family, Eastern Province, Aramco

A conversation about perception: readers will connect with the familiarity of the place, suburban lifestyle, the home, yet this home is not on American soil.

The topic of Aramco as a company is popular in the media and financial markets, as an IPO will be floated for Saudi Aramco, the richest company in the world.

As the company that provides majority of the energy to this world, almost everyone is connected by some degree back to this small town where this company is based.

The photographers impressions have developed over 25 plus years in the country, with majority of that time spent living inside of Dhahran.

The images present a place that very few people in this world are able to visit or access; a book is the only way to get a sense of ARAMCO, the American compound for employees of the Saudi Arabian Oil Company.

The book will include an insert of old advertisement from Aramco, distributed in the US in 1980s in magazines such as Sports Illustrated.

Reviews

While the book is undoubtedly documentary, Ms. Maliks account is first and foremost a personal investigation of her own memory." - The New York Times, June 20, 2017 Here, cultures that usually clash blend together, and identity outgrows simple, nationalistic terms., - Aperture, September 14, 2017 ...a strangely personal, honest, and childlike view of a place that, to most, seems bizarre., - Vice, September 13, 2017

Author Bio

Ayesha Malikdivides her time between New York City and Saudi Arabia working on self-directed photo projects. Her work has been featured inTime Lightbox, VICE Magazine, Le Monde'sM Magazine,The NewYork Times,Refinery29, andOffset, amongst others.