Palestinian Experience Explored in Photography Exhibition at Palo Gallery

Longing: In Between Homelands is an exhibition featuring three artists at Palo Gallery's East Village location in New York, showcasing photographic works that delve into Palestinian identity and themes of displacement. Running until February 8, the exhibition includes contributions from Lina Khalid, Ameen Abo Kaseem, and Nadia Bseiso. Bseiso's 2017 series features Hot Spring, which portrays children playing in a marsh near a Jordanian border town, and Road to Wadi Araba (2016), depicting two men greeting one another by a lone desert tree, highlighting the agricultural landscape of the Fertile Crescent. Khalid's black-and-white photographs capture landscapes, including Lonely Beach (2024) and The Sea Is Over There. Do You See It? (2024). Kaseem's untitled diptychs contrast personal moments with political contexts, featuring imagery such as a boy gazing skyward alongside marching soldiers. Accompanying text poses questions like "What are you scared from? Death?" and "No, I'm afraid of being left behind," emphasizing photography's role in reflecting the harsh realities and comforting aspects of displacement.