Misadventurous Art

Here is a small selection of photos, paintings and installations from the trip which inspired Misadventure in the Middle East (all images copyright Henry Hemming unless it says otherwise).

TURKEY

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002

004 HH - 'The Army Captain's girlfriend'

The Painting That Proved I Was Not a Spy – a portrait of a Turkish Army Captain’s girlfriend (painted from a passport photograph he had in his wallet) to demonstrate that we really were artists (and therefore not spies).

IRAN

007

014

 

021

018

022

 

KURDISH IRAQ

026 027 028

OMAN

033 035 039

(c) Al Braithwaite

040

(c) Al Braithwaite

041 044

SAUDI ARABIA

051 054

JORDAN

056 060 063 067 069

 

(c) Al Braithwaite