Oasis in New York: Exhibiting at the PWP Small Works Show

The work travelled further than the artist did.

While I was at home in Saudi Arabia, a photograph called Oasis was hanging on a wall in New York City. BMCC Tribeca Performing Arts Center, to be precise, as part of the PWP Small Works show, which marked PWP's 50th anniversary. Curated by Claudia Sohrens, the exhibition ran from 8 to 21 March 2026.

Oasis is part of the STRIPE series. It is one of those photographs that arrived as a complete surprise, the kind where you stop mid-step and reach for your phone because something about the light and the geometry and the angle has conspired to make something you didn't plan and couldn't have staged. Apartment towers rising above the desert, intersecting with sky, looking for all the world like an oasis appearing above the sand.

The Small Works show is a celebration of exactly that kind of image. Work that doesn't need scale to hold a room. Prints in a limited edition of ten, available at $50 USD each, created specifically for the exhibition.

It is a particular kind of honour to have work shown as part of a 50th anniversary celebration. PWP has been championing photography for half a century. To be included in that lineage, even in a small way, is not something I take lightly.

If you are interested in a print from the STRIPE series, get in touch.

This book is an independent artistic project and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST).