Light from the Middle East: new photography – in pictures

Newsha Tavakolian. From the series Mothers of Martyrs, 2006 Photograph: Art Fund Collection of Middle Eastern Photography at the V&A and the British Museum

Joana Hadjithomas and Khalil Joreige. Wonder Beirut #13, Modern Beirut, International Centre of Water-Skiing, from the series Wonder Beirut, 1997-2006 Photograph: Courtesy of the artists and CRG Gallery, New York and In Situ / Fabienne Leclerc, Paris

Mehraneh Atashi. Bodiless I, from the series Zourkhaneh Project (House of Strength), 2004 Photograph: Art Fund Collection of Middle Eastern Photography at the V&A and the British Museum

Nermine Hammam. From the series Upekkha, 2011 (Archival inkjet print, 60 x 90 cm) Photograph: Art Fund Collection of Middle Eastern Photography at the V&A and the British Museum

Youssef Nabil. Detail from the series The Yemeni Sailors of South Shields, 2006 (Hand-coloured gelatin silver print, 39 x 27 cm) Photograph: Art Fund Collection of Middle Eastern Photography at the V&A and the British Museum

Shadi Ghadirian. From the series Qajar, 1998 (Gelatin silver bromide print, 30 x 24 cm) Photograph: Art Fund Collection of Middle Eastern Photography at the V&A and the British Museum

Jowhara AlSaud. Airmail, from the series Out of Line, 2008 Photograph: Art Fund Collection of Middle Eastern Photography at the V&A and the British Museum

Hassan Hajjaj. Saida in Green, 2000 (Digital c-print and tyre frame) Photograph: Art Fund Collection of Middle Eastern Photography at the V&A and the British Museum