Paul KHAYAT (1970) - Lot 176

Paul KHAYAT (1970) Photographer's showcase, Alexandria, 2024 Double exhibition Silver print Author's dry stamp On back, titled, dated, signed, numbered 1/5 Dimensions: 40 x 40 cm Note: In this image, Paul Khayat superimposes several levels of reality through a photographer's window. The urban space of Alexandria blends with the images on display - portraits, wedding scenes, intimate fragments - creating a dense composition where inside and outside merge. The double exhibition reinforces this stratified effect: the street becomes the medium of visual memory, while the hanging photographs evoke personal narratives. The result is an image that is both documentary and dreamlike, in which the everyday is crossed by symbolic projections. Khayat thus explores the theme of the gaze and representation, transforming the shop window into an interface between real life and idealized images, between present and memories.