“If you watch the flowing sand, you might see time itself riding the granules,” wrote author William Blake. Hakim Raquib’s works in this show communicate, with a dreamlike quality, movement and stillness all at once. You can easily imagine time, yourself, your ancestors riding the grains in these epic images. They envelop the psyche and evoke centeredness and provoke a kind of spiritual connectedness.

The photographs were taken in the eastern desert of Upper Egypt near the borders of the Red Sea, on the Fusat Wadi el Gamal Reserve, and in the Valley of Camels. “Ancestor,” the lone digital-media-created piece in the show, was inspired by an African mask and epitomizes Raquib’s talent for creating rich colors and textures, energetic images, and storytelling. It speaks to the other images in the show with its natural feel and complexity. The piece is chock-full of cowrie shells weaving in and out of history and time. The “waves” remind us of our connection to and dependence on the sea, the teachings of our ancestors, and humility and respect.

On view now–5/3