
Kingdom of Sand and Cement: The Shifting Cultural Landscape of Saudi Arabia
- Publisher
- Daylight Books
- Year
- 2019
- ISBN
- 9781942084723
- Specifications
- Cloth over board
144 pages
50 Color Photographs
10 x 9 inches
Foreword by Edward Burtynsky
Essays by Karen Elliott House and Rodrigo Orrantia
Kingdom of Sand and Cement explores the challenge of progress Saudi Arabia is faced with as it rapidly transforms from a conservative and tribal desert culture to an influential world power. In less than a century Saudi Arabians went from living in mud buildings to commencing work on the world's tallest skyscraper. Examining this legacy through large-format color photographs the artist identifies the country's grand aspirations as clearly as its grand failures.