Hajj Documentation: Sepia Photograph of Tent City Near Mecca, circa 1921
Unpublished sepia-toned photograph of pilgrims journeying to Mecca, circa 1921, documents the material and spatial realities of the Hajj in the early twentieth century, during a period of geopolitical transition in the Arabian Peninsula following the First World War. The image captures a vast encampment of white tents set against.....
