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Sughra Raza

Sughra grew up in Karachi, Pakistan, along with siblings Abbas and Azra (above), and several others. She studied fine arts as an undergraduate, later shifting gears to become a doctor of medicine, specializing in diagnostic radiology. Sughra lives in Boston, Massachusetts, working and teaching at Brigham & Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School. She feels most excited in a world of images, invention, art and music; and despite Fenway Park floodlights lighting up the sky in her windows, she remains oblivious to the Red Sox battling the Yankees a stone’s throw away. Email: [email protected]

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Posted on Monday, May 25, 2020 2:05AMMonday, May 25, 2020 by Sughra Raza

Sughra Raza. Neon Lichen Expressionism, 2015. Digital photograph.

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Posted on Monday, May 18, 2020 1:45AMMonday, May 18, 2020 by Sughra Raza

Jaun Roberto Diago. Sin título (Untitled), 2011. More here, here, and here.

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Posted on Monday, May 11, 2020 1:45AMMonday, May 11, 2020 by Sughra Raza

Do Ho Suh. Staircase III. Installation at Tate Modern, London, 2011. More here, here, and here.

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Posted on Monday, May 4, 2020 1:40AMMonday, May 4, 2020 by Sughra Raza

Rasheed Araeen. In the Midst of Darkness 1, 2012-2013. More here, here and here. Thanks to Anjuli Raza Kolb.

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Posted on Monday, Apr 27, 2020 1:50AMMonday, April 27, 2020 by Sughra Raza

Sughra Raza. Okavango Delta, Botswana, March 2015. Digital photograph.

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Posted on Monday, Apr 20, 2020 1:45AMMonday, April 20, 2020 by Sughra Raza

Sanford Biggars. Neroluce, 2018. Antique quilt, textiles, tar and glitter. More here, here, and here.

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Posted on Monday, Apr 13, 2020 1:50AMMonday, April 13, 2020 by Sughra Raza

Sughra Raza. Untitled; Arnold Arboretum, Boston, March, 2020. Digital photograph.

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Posted on Monday, Apr 6, 2020 1:40AMMonday, April 6, 2020 by Sughra Raza

Valeriya Zvereva. Slime Mold. Macro photography. More here.

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Posted on Monday, Mar 30, 2020 1:45AMMonday, March 30, 2020 by Sughra Raza

Sughra Raza. Landing; Mood. Boston, September 2012. Digital photograph.

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Posted on Monday, Mar 23, 2020 1:50AMMonday, March 23, 2020 by Sughra Raza

Kazuo Shiraga. Untitled 1964. More here, here, and here.

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Posted on Monday, Mar 16, 2020 1:50AMMonday, March 16, 2020 by Sughra Raza

Sughra Raza. Mid-winter Fall. February 2020. Digital photograph.

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Posted on Monday, Mar 9, 2020 1:50AMMonday, March 9, 2020 by Sughra Raza

Sughra Raza. Untitled. Cape Town, August 2019. Digital photograph.

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Posted on Monday, Mar 2, 2020 1:45AMMonday, March 2, 2020 by Sughra Raza

Pope L. Failure Drawing #636 Far Above the Ocean. 2009-2010 Ink, acrylic, ballpoint pen, oil stick, marker and correction fluid on map. More here, here and here.

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Posted on Monday, Feb 24, 2020 1:50AMMonday, February 24, 2020 by Sughra Raza

Jack Youngerman. Long March II, 1965. More here, here, and here.

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Posted on Monday, Feb 17, 2020 1:50AMMonday, February 17, 2020 by Sughra Raza

Li Huayi. Longevity. 2016. Ink on antique Japanese gold foil. More here, here, here, and here.

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Posted on Monday, Feb 10, 2020 1:50AMMonday, February 10, 2020 by Sughra Raza

Christa David. I Am My Own Shelter, Thanks?. 2017. Mixed media. More here, and here.

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Posted on Monday, Feb 3, 2020 1:55AMMonday, February 3, 2020 by Sughra Raza

Zanele Muholi. Ntozakhe II, Parktown, Johannesburg. 2016.  Gelatin silver print. More here, here, here, and here.

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Posted on Monday, Jan 27, 2020 1:50AMMonday, January 27, 2020 by Sughra Raza

Sughra Raza. Rorschach on the River Li. Yangshuo, China, January, 2020. Digital photograph. More on Karst landscapes here, and here.

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Posted on Monday, Jan 20, 2020 1:50AMMonday, January 20, 2020 by Sughra Raza

Tschabalala Self. Sapphire 2015. Oil, pigment and fabric on canvas. More here and here.

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Posted on Monday, Jan 13, 2020 1:40AMMonday, January 13, 2020 by Sughra Raza

Sughra Raza. “Living in the Mountain”, Yangshuo, China, January, 2020. Digital photograph.

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