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Growing up in Queens, photographer Dean Majd knows the skate park under the bridge, the storefronts on Steinway Street, the knafeh at Al-Sham Sweets & Pastries, the dimly lit hookah lounges, and the waterfront at Astoria Park. In these familiar places, he began photographing his own life—documenting friends and everyday moments that shaped his path as an artist.
Majd’s photographs in Greater New York include works from two series: Birthmark, images of Palestinian life in New York City, and Separation, created while visiting relatives in the West Bank. Through them, Majd maps out a network of relations between the places he calls home, depicting lives forged at a distance and revealing the strength of these ties.
See the work on view through September 7, as part of the extended partial view of Greater New York.
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📹: @sweepthemaru
03 Sep 2026
Difficult to comprehend last night’s opening of my debut solo exhibition, Hard Feelings, at @baxterstccny. Every time I write something down, my eyes fill up with tears. The work in the show, made over the course of a decade, presents the best and worst moments of my life and my friends’ lives. Showing it for the first time feels like a large weight has been lifted off of my shoulders; emotions I’ve been carrying with me for a considerable part of my adult life.
My friends and I have experienced unfathomable loss, loss that feels too much to bare for one person. But I wasn’t alone. Together, we’ve somehow been able to alchemize that pain into a love that feels infinite. I’ve been given the gift of these images by the people in them, and because of that we’re bound to each other for life. I stand on the shoulders of the communities of people who have supported me in the making of the project. People who have seen me work nonstop for over a decade. People who have seen themselves in the work, and shared with me their own pain. Without you none of this would be possible. I hope together we can find healing.
Thank you CJ, Bobby, Freddy, Ivan, Rissa, Dallas, Geri, Phil, Ryan, Trinity, Amal, Mohamed, Dylan, Zeke, Nella, Alexis, Kat, and everyone I photographed for Hard Feelings who did not appear in the images in the show. Thank you for sharing your scars, tears, smiles, bruises, and everything in between. Thank you for baring your souls, and trusting me to take care of these photos when showing them to the world.
Thank you @marleytriggstewart, my curator, for working your ass off to make this show happen. Thank you Jil, @sydneyxx, and everyone at Baxter Street for the generous support. Thank you @simplylovia, @naokodeoliveira, @sabri, and @davidcampany for your contributions. Thank you @Luar for dressing me.
The show is dedicated to our angels - Suba, Chris, James, Zexor, Andreas, and Demetria. We’ll keep your memory alive forever.
Hard Feelings is on view now through April 2nd.
05 Feb 2026
Allah’s timing is perfect timing. Mahmoud Khalil, Noor Abdalla, and their baby Deen, photographed in the colors of the Palestinian flag, for the cover @Dazed’s September Issue, as part of a massive story on the censorship of pro-Palestine student voices. The cover story is written by Palestinian-American Pulitzer Prize winning writer @danya.issawi, and features an interview with Khalil by my hero, @nangoldinstudio. The cover is styled by powerhouse @zaraeloise.
Being Palestinian is a gift. Years ago I made a commitment to photographing my people with dignity, and to present our complexities, our pain and our beauty, in a way that contrasts our subjugation to violence. To photograph Mahmoud and his family just weeks after he was released from ICE detention, to put on for my people, and to use my work to fight against censorship, fascism, ICE, the genocide, and the suppression of the student youth movement is one of the greatest honors of my life.
Thank you @ted_stansfield and the whole team at @Dazed for putting your trust in me. Thank you Danya, Nan, @jsc.001, Zara, Alex, Rosy, @estermero, @kofipaintsil, and everyone who helped me put this together, but especially @yaabuzookvisual, whose tireless work as my on-set and research assistant was integral to this project coming together. All praise is due to the Most High.
Free all prisoners of ICE. Free Palestine.
Credits:
Photographer: @deanmajd
Stylist: @zaraeloise
Production @jsc.001 at @c.a.v.e
Photo Assistant: @yaabuzookvisual
Stylist Assistant: @jesachiro
Floral Artist: @naokodeoliveira a @kabuki.ny
Set Designer: @alexfeagans
Additional MU: @manalidze using @yslbeauty
Text @danya.issawi
Editor-in-Chief @ted_stansfield
Fashion & Image Director @imruh
Art Director @estermero
Editorial Director @dominiquesisley
Dazed Photographic Producer @kofipaintsil
#MahmoudKhalil wears shirt @willychavarrianewyork and trousers @acnestudios
Taken from the autumn 2025 #TheUncensoredIssue of #Dazed
09 Sep 2025
Six years without Suba. Six years passed like a lifetime and no time at all. Six years and I know you’re still watching us by the light that keeps spreading through you even after you’ve left us. You continue to give us so much, and so we have so much to give. I love you Suba! May your memory live on forever.
27 Oct 2026
Excited to be speaking at @creativetime and @brooklynmuseum’s “In Pursuit of Life, Liberty, and Happiness: Reimagining American Democracy” this Friday October 23, along with a stacked up line up of artists, activists, and scholars gathered to consider some of the most urgent questions shaping contemporary political life. I’ll be speaking about my ongoing series “Birthmark” and how my practice engages directly and indirectly with today’s political landscape. Tickets are available at the link in Creative Time’s bio. 📿
Featuring:
American Artist (@a_____rtist),
Mary Elizabeth Enoch Baxter (@isisthasaviour),
Tega Brain (@tegabrain) and Sam Lavigne (@samlavigne),
Mona Chalabi (@monachalabi),
Johanna Hedva (@BigHedva),
Sky Hopinka (@skyhopinka),
Qween Jean (@qween_jean),
Mariame Kaba,
Chelsea Manning (@xychelsea87),
Paola Ramos (@paoramos),
Viva Ruiz (@viva_lalaruiz),
Dr. Yomaira Figueroa-Vásquez (@decolonizingdiasporas),
Jackie Wang (@loneberry),
District 35 Council Member Crystal Hudson (@cmcrystalhudson);
Nicole Sealey (@nicolesealey);
and Bertha Vanayshun (@berthavnyc) as the day’s MC.
21 Oct 2026
CALL FOR ENTRY
PIX 048 : DEAN MAJD
Look at the photograph.
Be critical of the photograph.
Submit your own photograph in response.
www.spotzstudios.com/pix
29 Sep 2026
I am proudly the first Palestinian photographer to shoot the cover and portfolio (a sprawling 30-pages) of New York Magazine (@nymag) for the historic and monumental SWANA-themed issue “Habibi City.” I’m a proud New Yorker, but I came of age at a time in which I wasn’t just vilified for being who I am, claiming it in anyway was a threat to my life. This was a seemingly impossible, life-long goal, and it has been realized through a project in which I can continue my mission to photograph my people with the love, care, and dignity we deserve.
This work is a declaration of love for my community and for New York. Like all love, it’s imperfect, expansive, complicated, and big-hearted as hell. It’s an opportunity to claim our space and declare our importance to the fabric of this city. I celebrate and stand on the shoulders of countless people that make SWANA culture in New York what it is, both featured and aren’t featured in this issue. The generation before us struggled so we can collectively open doors for the next generation who will build upon this, to make changes in ways we could never dream of.
None of this heals any of the pain of the last few years, but we persist and persevere. We continue to forge pathways to solutions, and help create conditions for material change. We’re all playing our part. At the very least, for a moment, we can revel in the love we have for each other. We’re allowed to exist and have our beauty be celebrated. We’re allowed to love through pain. And I love my people so damn much.
Thank you to everyone at @nymag who have been working for years behind the scenes to move the needle, as well as my friends, family, and collaborators who support me endlessly. Thank you Allah. Alhamdullilah for everything.
All my love to -
@emilykdenniston, @maraldhahi, @gazelleemami, @jodyquon, @zainaara, @ginger_edmiston, @linho_._ , @samwilliams____, @evealpert, @rachel_stickley_, @gehadidi, @hudabrooklyn, @laylitparty, @thehazaparty, @eyval_brooklyn, @fatimamouradd, @saam.niami, @farisrand, @min3youni, @rosalind__flower, @hammiesalem, @girlwiththeblicky, and @tagstheockyway.
20 Aug 2026
Today, I am the first Palestinian photographer to shoot the cover of New York Magazine (@nymag), for the historic and monumental SWANA-themed issue “Habibi City.” Across multiple stories, every image originated for the portfolio was captured by myself, my visual language woven throughout the issue. The photographs track a renaissance occurring in this current moment - cultural figures and spaces in nightlife, food, music, art, design, and more, from the SWANA region and beyond, who are shaping New York culture.
I used to steal issues of New York Magazine from my barbershop as a kid, dreaming of an opportunity like this. Then it felt impossible because who I am and what me and my people went through. Today it is a reality because I stand on the shoulders of my beloved community. We are New York. And I’m proud to use my work to show the world our beauty and importance every chance I get.
Thank you @maraldhahi, @gazelleemami, @jodyquon, @zainaara, and everyone at @nymag for this opportunity and this incredible collaborative effort. I am most grateful to the extraordinary @emilykdenniston, my ride or die in this; this could not have happened without your deepest commitment.
Thank you to my team @ginger_edmiston, @linho_._ , @samwilliams____, @evealpert, and @rachel_stickley_ for their tremendous work in making the cover story come to life. Special thank you to @gehadidi, @hudabrooklyn, @laylitparty, @thehazaparty, @eyval_brooklyn, as well as @fatimamouradd, @saam.niami, @farisrand, @min3youni, @rosalind__flower, @hammiesalem, @girlwiththeblicky, and @tagstheockyway.
My utmost gratitude to my community who fills my life with love and inspiration. We’re breaking down so many doors everyday. I’m honored to be able to walk through them with you together.
10 Aug 2026
Hasan Piker (@hasandpiker), American Dream(er), for the cover of @dazedmiddleeast’s Deliverance issue, styled by @ginger_edmiston. Hasan has been targeted by this administration and by elected officials for using his platform to speak out against the atrocities of this regime, particularly the genocide and the occupation. The night before our cover shoot, he was alerted by press that he was subpoenaed by the US government. He was attacked online, as public figures began to call for his arrest. A week later, he was banned from entering the UK for speaking out against zionism.
The administration is trying to make an example out of Hasan, to discourage people from speaking out. Freedom of speech is not a crime. I couldn’t be prouder to be standing with and supporting him in this moment, and to continue to use my work to uplift voices who are changing our world for the better. In the words of my dear friend Arsh, “dissent is a must.”
Grateful to this massive team who brought their absolute A-game to the hardest of challenges. Thank you @ahmadaswaid, @fatimamouradd, @samiralarouci, and the whole team at @dazedmiddleeast.
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Photographer @deanmajd
Stylist @ginger_edmiston
Words @samiralarouci
Video @3milio.chavez
Grooming @mirnajose @alexahernandez.xyz
Set Design @breandy
EP/Producer @imad.etc
Line Producer @theamnaalii
Production @PIQUE
Florist @naokodeoliveira @kabuki.ny
Production Assistants Abe Richards @ssssssshlok
Styling Assistants @hopeweber @camicush
Lighting Tech @bogusluck
Photo Assistants @dfmcneil @linho_._
Editor-In-Chief @ahmadaswaid
Deputy Editor @sarraalayyan
Art Director @da.o.ud
Photo Editor @fatimamouradd
Fashion Director at Large @omaimasss
Creative Director at Large @chndy_
Content Director @fadynageeb
Fashion Editors @marligger @z_ztape
Social Editor @zeinkaram
17 Jun 2026
You can feel @deanmajd’s love for his subjects through the tenderness he shoots them with. The self-taught, Queens-born photographer packs intimacy, strength, and grief into every frame, using his practice to understand Arab-American life, the Palestinian diaspora, and the human condition at large.
Majd is one of the artists featured in the ‘Greater New York’ show at @momaps1. His installation, a deep red wall beneath a salon-style constellation, pairs his series ‘Birthmark’ and ‘Separation.’ From warmly lit domestic spaces in NYC straight to the streets of the West Bank, his images embody the balance of vulnerability and resilience, each radiant in its humanity.
Check out the artist’s work at @momaps1 now through August 17.
Credit: Courtesy of the artist
29 Jul 2026
Proud to have my work in @MoMAPS1 featured in a video in which NY State Representative @claireforny and Mayor @zohrankmamdani speak about the importance of artists to our city, as well as their journeys in the arts. Never in my life have I heard politicians speak about the arts in this way, and it’s inspiring to see elected officials using their powers to support and work with artists to shape this city. Even more special, is their public support of Palestinians and the Palestinian cause.
As a born and raised Palestinian-American artist from Astoria, Queens, New York, I can’t even begin to put into words what this means to me. Thank you Claire, Zohran, and everyone at MoMA PS1. I’m immensely grateful to have your support, and to be in Greater New York 2026. Special thank you to @schweppestein!
Queens forever. Queens to the world.
16 Jun 2026
Proud to have my work be featured on Aperture (@aperturefnd) once again, this time via an interview with @noa._.lin, the most in-depth conversation I’ve had about my practice and career to date, bookmarking this special moment in my life. We speak about the evolution of and mythology behind the decade-long Hard Feelings, my experiences as a Muslim Palestinian American artist and my work Separation, creating a space for healing in the face of violence, as well as my inclusion in @momaps1’s Greater New York 2026 and what’s coming next.
As a completely self-taught artist, it was Aperture’s resources that taught me the history of photography, and helped shape my understanding of the medium as an art form. Aperture first debuted Hard Feelings in an article written by @nicole_akosua in 2020. That small piece completely changed my life and opened every door in my career, including introducing my work to @marleytriggstewart, which lead to him curating my debut solo exhibition at @baxterstccny. Nicole’s article alludes to the loss of my friend Suba, pictured as the lead image of this article, my friend who the show is dedicated to. It’s unbelievable to be offered this space to continue to use my work to keep his memory alive, and to solidify this legacy for my friends and loved ones.
This is an incredible full circle moment in everyway. Thank you Noa, Nicole, @brendanembser, @michaelfamighetti, @thesarahmeister, and everyone at Aperture. I’m so grateful to have your support.
01 Apr 2026
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