OVER Journal issue 4

OVER Journal is a publishing project by PhotoIreland that represents in every issue a critical selection of contemporary photographic practices from all continents.

Issue 4 explores themes around representation and the evolving role of the image in shaping history and identity, articulating new representations that challenge historical legacies - with contributions from artists and writers spanning six continents.

Featured works include a range of topics investigating representation, from Basil Al-Rawi’s challenge of the narrative representation of Iraq and its diaspora to Tashiya de Mel’s investigation into visual history of Dutch colonisation in Sri Lanka; from Marianne Keating’s work on shared colonial and revolutionary histories of lands to Jakob Ganslmeier and Ana Zibelnik’s analysis of extremist visual language online, and from Morganna Magee’s research into the historical representation of the kangaroo providing a framework by which we can assess the treatment and narrative building on non-white bodies in visual history to Liss Fenwick’s interrogation of historical and ongoing impacts of extractive colonialist practices in Australia's Northern Territory.

Issue 4 offers these and much more to excite and inspire the reader.

Featured artists: Basil Al-Rawi, Alan Butler, Simone C. Niquille, Tashiya de Mel, Imane Djamil, Liss Fenwick, Jakob Ganslmeier, Souheila Ghorbel, Yasmine Hatimi, Bassam Issa Al-Sabah, Amina Kadous, Marianne Keating, Ayoung Kim, Seif Kousmate, Jennifer Mehigan, Hashim Nasr, Alex Prager, Felipe Romero Beltrán, Zohra Serri, Abdo Shanan, Aaryan Sinha, Inuuteq Storch, Rebecca Topakian, Ana Zibelnik.

Featured writers: Laura Carbonell, Richard Conway, Sharbendu De, Tashiya de Mel, Laila Abdul-Hadi Jadallah, Aidan Kelly Murphy, Laila Lund Altinbas, Morganna Magee, Ruairí McCann, Rehan Miskci, Nora O Murchú, Andrea Stultiens.

Cover image Bassam Issa Al-Sabah and Jennifer Mehigan, Still from Uncensored Lilac (2024). All Rights Reserved.

Back cover image Hoda Afshar, Untitled #01, from the series Code Black/Riot, 2025.

‍Set in ABC Diatype and Burgess Pro

‍With the support of the Arts Council of Ireland

Published by PhotoIreland

256 pages

184 × 245 mm

650 grams

Layflat Softcover

ISBN 9781916140431