Kingdom of Sand and Cement - The shifting cultural landscape of Saudi Arabia

Kingdom of Sand and Cement by Peter Bogaczewicz explores the challenges Saudi Arabia faces today as it rapidly transforms from a conservative and tribal desert culture to an influential world power. In less than a century the Saudis have experienced profound change as they transitioned from living in traditional mud buildings to commencing work on the world's tallest skyscraper. Examining this legacy through large-format color photographs, Peter Bogaczewicz documents a country of sharp contrasts where visual traces of an old reticent society can be seen in the midst of a burgeoning modern culture reflecting the ambitious agenda of the new King and his charismatic son and successor, the Crown Prince, a decisive risk-taker whose bold policies have received a warm welcome by some, yet have alienated others.

About the author

Peter Bogaczewicz is a photographer and an architect. He divides his time between the two disciplines, often blurring the line between them, and uses his photography as a commentary on the built environment and the human community, and how both are changing at a time of rapid progress and increasing global interconnectedness. Peter is based in Toronto, Canada and is currently living in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Summary

Photographs of Saudi Arabia in the midst of a grand transformation from a tribal desert culture to an influential world power.

Foreword

Andrea Smith, Publicist National print and online campaign Social Media campaign Promotion through: www.daylightbooks.org

Additional text

"Examining this legacy through beautiful large-format color photographs, Bogaczewicz documents a country and a society in the midst of an unprecedented change; and the clash of its traditional and modern values reveals a society precariously balancing at a crossroads of old and new." - F-Stop Magazine, April 24, 2020

Product details

• Authors: Peter Bogaczewicz, Bogaczewicz Peter
• Assisted by: Peter Bogaczewicz (Photographs), Bogaczewicz Peter (Photographs), Edward Burtynsky (Foreword), Burtynsky Edward (Foreword)
• Publisher: Ingram Publishers Services
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.11.2019
• EAN: 9781942084723
• ISBN: 978-1-942084-72-3
• Dimensions: 254 mm x 228 mm x 18 mm
• Weight: 880 g
• Illustrations: 50 color photographs
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Photography, film, video, TV; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Middle Eastern, PHOTOGRAPHY / Subjects & Themes / Landscapes, HISTORY / Middle East / Arabian Peninsula, Saudi Arabia, Individual photographers, PHOTOGRAPHY / Subjects & Themes / Regional, Landscapes / seascapes