Dor Guez

Knowing the Land #3, 2022

Knowing the Land (2022) is a series of photographs based on a 1960s guide of flora in Palestine. Guez pays attention to plants growing on national border regions in the Levant. The series considers the appropriation of nature to enforce a national identity. Features of the land are often re-named with titles related to specific national ethos, receiving different names on each side of the border. The series reflects this, offering a blend of two different plants, two images that are in close proximity on both sides of the same page, sharing a physical border.