Xenia Nikolskaya’s latest photobook explores the sacred kitsch of Coptic iconography
In the baroque quietude of a Coptic church tucked away in Upper Egypt, a faded icon of the Virgin Mary gazes out from behind a…
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Egypt’s Mundanity and Soft Beauty in Xenia Nikolskaya’s Photo Series “Unnecessary Necessity”
During her near two-decade sojourn in Egypt, Russian-born photographer, academic and artist Xenia Nikolskaya has been documenting the grand architectural past of the country’s forgotten…