99 Names
Ayman Kaake
Tall Poppy Press
English
Softcover (with fabric slip case)
Edition of 250
99 pages
330 x 225 mm
2024
ISBN 9780645274646
Connection and distance, love and separation, queerness in the face of the death penalty, tradition and modernity. Ayman Kaake’s debut monograph 99 Names is simultaneously a love letter and a howl – a work that is equally about the necessity of authentic connection and the pain caused by archaic and violent criminalisation of homosexuality.
(source: https://www.perimeterbooks.com/products/ayman-kaake-99-names)
About the Artist
Ayman Kaake (he/him) is a queer Lebanon-born Australian photo-media visual artist currently based in Melbourne’s inner northern suburbs. His practice encompasses various mediums, including contemplative photographic portraiture, video works, and sculptures. Through his art, Kaake delves into the complex themes of diasporic melancholy, the agony of exile and socio-political subjects, utilizing contemplative portraiture and sculptural, styled poses.
aymankaake.com
(source: https://photo.org.au/artists/ayman-kaake/)
About the Publisher
Tall Poppy Press is a Melbourne-based publisher of photography books, workshops and merch. Their aim is to publish excellent Australian photography, or collaborations between Australian and non-Australian artists. Tall Poppy Press believes in emerging artists, financially fair models of publishing and making books somewhere between a coffee table tome and a zine. It was founded in 2021, and is run by Matt Dunne and Morganna Magee.
tallpoppypress.xyz
(source: https://www.tallpoppypress.xyz/home)
