Rania Matar

Where Do I Go?

Publication date: April 2026

Photobooks

Where Do I Go? is a new photobook by Rania Matar presenting approximately 128 color portraits of young women living in Lebanon today. Coinciding with the fiftieth anniversary of the Lebanese Civil War, the book reflects life in a nation still shaped by decades of upheaval. Rather than centering destruction, Matar directs her lens toward creativity, resilience, and dignity in uncertain times. The title derives from graffiti she encountered on an abandoned wall, a question that reverberates throughout the work: “Where do I go?”

Press release + Press kit

Author’s website

About the book:

Photographs by Rania Matar
ISBN ‎978-614-8065-00-2
Museum Introduction by Mariah R. Keller
Essays by Elliot Josephine Leila Reichert, Kim Ghattas, Youmna Melhem Chamieh, and Georges Boustany
Designed by Clara Sancho
Published by KAPH (April 2026)
Co-published by the Sidney and Lois Eskenazi Museum of Art, Indiana University
Hardcover, 10 x 12 in., 240 Pages

Press:

All-About-Photo
T: The New York Times Style Magazine MENA
HUCK
L'Œil de la Photographie
Aesthetica magazine
The Observer, 29.03.2026
The Observer
Collater.al
The Photosphere, Jean Dykstra’s substack post, April 3 2026
The i Paper, Feb 6 2026
Feature Shoot
What Will You Remember?
PHOTOGRAPHIE magazine, #5-6 2026 (in German)
Newsweek Japan, 14 April 2026 (in Japanese)
Huffpost
The World
Marie Claire Korea, April 2026 (in Korean)
This is Yung
This is Yung, March 11 2026
artdaily
Bilderwald
AD Middle East
Les Inrockuptibles #50, May 2026 (in French)
Newsweek Japan
LFI Leica Fotografie International magazine, 4/2026 (also in English)