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In Made of Smokeless Fire, French-Algerian photographer photographer @camille.lenain explores the complexities of queer Muslim identity through a strikingly empathetic lens.⁠
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Published by @jointsloose, it is the culmination of a body of work developed in France that examines how faith, desire and cultural inheritance coexist within a social landscape where queer Muslim lives are frequently overlooked or misunderstood.⁠
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🔗 Hit the link in bio to read the full story.⁠
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#queerart #lgbtq #photography @sarahpespenon⁠
⁠ by @camille.lenain

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New York! See you at the NY Art Book Fair @printedmatter_artbookfairs at @momaps1 🕊️ I will be singing my book with @jointsloose at booth G1 on saturday 5pm. Alongside 60 color photographs, Made Of Smokeless Fire features a beautiful text by @fatimadxas ♥️ and dozens of poem portraits by the participants embracing the cover. Music by love angel @manel_boudjella taken in MoMA PS1 by @camille.lenain

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Now shipping! Made of Smokeless Fire by Camille Farrah Lenain

An intimate portrait of queer Muslim life in France, where faith and desire intersect within conditions of erasure.

Camille Farrah Lenain’s Made of Smokeless Fire weaves the personal and the political to explore the layered nature of LGBTQ+ identity as it unfolds in the shadow of dislocation, erasure, and marginalisation. Set in France, home to one of the largest Muslim populations in Europe, and marked by pervasive Islamophobia in which queer Muslim lives are often rendered invisible, Lenain counters erasure through a deeply attentive and relational photographic approach.

The work began as testimony and homage in the wake of the death of her uncle Farid who grew up gay in a Muslim Algerian family, opening outward from personal loss into a collective portrait of community. The individuals pictured navigate complex terrain, some distanced from family, others reinterpreting cultural inheritance, many forging networks of safety and affirmation, as they negotiate life within overlapping pressures of Islamophobia and queerphobia. by @camille.lenain

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Samedi 11 juillet, 16h–18h au @solariummarseille

À l’occasion de l’exposition Made Of Smokeless Fire, rejoignez-nous pour une conversation entre Camille Farrah Lenain et Sido Lansari, animée par Nadia Slimani, autour des questions d’identité, de mémoire, de représentation et de création.

La rencontre sera précédée d’une présentation du livre Made Of Smokeless Fire par Camille Farrah Lenain, publié par @jointsloose et d’une performance de Sido Lansari.

À propos des intervenant·es :

Camille Farrah Lenain @camille.lenain est une artiste et photographe travaillant entre New York et La Nouvelle-Orléans. À travers la photographie, le son et la recherche collaborative, elle explore les questions d’identité, d’appartenance et de mémoire, tout en interrogeant les représentations dominantes et les stéréotypes qui façonnent nos imaginaires collectifs.

Sido Lansari @siido est un artiste pluridisciplinaire basé entre Paris et Tanger. Son travail, présenté notamment à l’Institut du Monde Arabe, au macLyon et à la Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, explore les questions d’identité, de genre, de sexualité et de mémoire à travers la photographie, la vidéo et la broderie.

Nadia Slimani @nadia_na3na3 est réalisatrice du podcast na3na3 (« menthe » en arabe) dédié aux identités plurielles des personnes d’origine nord-africaine. Membre de l’association Sonorama qui organise le festival Bruits Roses autour des récits sonores à Marseille et en Méditerranée.

📍 SOLARIUM, Marseille @solariummarseille
Entrée libre by @camille.lenain

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Camille Farrah Lenain @camille.lenain here, taking over Women Photograph’s Instagram.

Today I’m sharing the story of how Made Of Smokeless Fire began. My uncle Farid was a pillar in our family, an invisible thread connecting my mother, my aunts and many cousins. We lost him in 2013, and with him went so many conversations we never had. Years later, I found myself bubbling with questions for him.

Farid, did you believe in Allah? Did you ever come out to your parents? What did it feel like in your body when you learned you had AIDS? Did you ever find your place, being queer and Arab in France?

I never got to ask him.

Those unanswered questions became the starting point of Made Of Smokeless Fire. They led me to meet queer Muslim people across France whose stories, generosity, and trust helped me find my way back to Farid, and to parts of myself I was still discovering.

The portraits you see in these slides and pages are just a few of the extraordinary people I’ve had the privilege of meeting over the past six years. Tomorrow, I’ll share more about these encounters and how they shaped both the photographs and the project itself.

The book is published by @jointsloose by @camille.lenain

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We’re bringing Made Of Smokeless Fire to Marseille! Not only as a book launch, but as an exhibition and a series of gatherings.

From July 8–16, the exhibition will be on view at @solariummarseille alongside a selection of works by guest artist Sido Lansari @siido

We’ll gather for two moments during the week:

✦ Friday, July 10 | 6–9pm
Opening celebration & Open Mic

✦ Saturday, July 11 | 4–6pm
Conversation moderated by Nadia Slimani @nadia_na3na3 with a performance by Sido Lansari

📍 SOLARIUM
40 Boulevard de la Liberté, Marseille (near Saint-Charles)

Copies of Made Of Smokeless Fire will be available throughout the events, in the presence of publisher @jointsloose

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Made Of Smokeless Fire vient à Marseille!
Pas seulement un lancement de livre, mais aussi une exposition et une série de rencontres.

Du 8 au 16 juillet, l’exposition sera présentée à @solariummarseille, accompagnée d’une sélection d’œuvres de l’artiste invité Sido Lansari @siido.

Deux moments rythmeront la semaine :

✦ Vendredi 10 juillet | 18h–21h
Vernissage & scène ouverte

✦ Samedi 11 juillet | 16h–18h
Conversation modérée par Nadia Slimani @nadia_na3na3
avec une performance de Sido Lansari

📍 SOLARIUM
40 boulevard de la Liberté, Marseille (près de Saint-Charles)

Des exemplaires de Made Of Smokeless Fire seront disponibles pendant les événements, en présence de l’éditeur @jointsloose. taken in Marseille, France by @camille.lenain

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Algerian-French photographer @camille.lenain’s book, Made of Smokeless Fire, brings together tender and moving photographs of the French Muslim LGBTQI+ community. The work is dedicated to loved ones she has lost, primarily her uncle Farid and friend Lamine.

For Lenain, the main message of the work is love. She says, ‘Love for God. Love for the people you were told you weren't allowed to love. Love for yourself. And I think it's about survival. Love as survival.’

Made of Smokeless Fire is published by @jointsloose and available to buy now.

📷 @camille.lenain
Words by @amaalsaid

#jointloose #photography #france by @camille.lenain

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A glimpse into the making of Yasmin’s portrait 🔥

After sharing stories for hours in her Paris flat, we played with mirrors, smoke, fabric, reflections… This photograph emerged from that exchange, a magical 1/125th of a second, holding an entire afternoon. Thank you my dear @yasmineadala for your generosity and William for documenting this moment.

Made Of Smokeless Fire is out and now available via @jointsloose - if you’re in Paris, save the date for our July 2nd launch at @lebalbooks / @le_bal 💘 More events and glimpses into the making of the book soon. <3

video credit : William Lounsbury / Witness Change by @camille.lenain

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MADE OF SMOKELESS FIRE: Camille Farrah Lenain holds complexity and offers testimony in her layered and affirming portrait of queer Muslim life in France, forthcoming in June.

@camille.lenain’s debut publication weaves personal experience and political reality into a nuanced account of how LGBTQ+ identity unfolds in the shadow of dislocation, marginalisation and erasure, within a country where the complexities of Muslim lives are often flattened or made invisible.

Bathed in lush Mediterranean light and attuned to gestures of closeness, Lenain’s subjects articulate identity through an intimate register that embraces quiet confidence, contemplation and cultural in-betweenness; meanwhile, her own attentive eye seeks tender dislocation in lush fragments of life, nature and domesticity, giving a quietly radical and attentive voice to groups and lives that have often remained silenced or unspoken.

Edited by @sarahpespenon and with text by Fatima Daas, discover this vital new title now and save 10% on your pre-order alongside all SS26 releases. by @camille.lenain

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proof of life, proof of spring 🌺 coming out of a social media winter hibernation. slowly blooming in this new york move alongside the flowers. can’t wait to share what the next seasons have to offer❣️📚🕊️

first photo by sweet @dana_golan back in the 🥶 times by @camille.lenain

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Three covers for "News Inside" a print publication circulating free of charge in hundreds of prisons and jails across the United States, published by @marshallproj

These covers features couples from our ongoing series "Love Beyond Bars" which explores how families endure separation and sustain love during wrongful incarceration, and reunification after years or decades apart.

In order : Gloria & Larry; Jules, Sammie & Julius; Raymond & Cassandra <3 each beautiful and inspiring encounters.

Thank you @celinafang for being such an amazing and supportive editor. by @camille.lenain

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looking forward to start teaching a few classes with @icp ! in paris this summer and new york in the fall, specifically diving in all aspects of portraiture 👁️♥️👁️ see yall out there! by @camille.lenain

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