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February 18, 2026

‘Can I come over and take your picture?’: a decade-long archive captures cross-cultural womanhood

Through more than 300 photos, the New York City artist Clémence Polès Farhang captures the immigrant story and unconventional womanhood

‘Can I come over and take your picture?’: a decade-long archive captures cross-cultural womanhood

TL;DR

  • Clémence Polès Farhang's 'Passerby' project is a photographic and oral archive of over 300 women, documented in their homes across New York, Paris, London, and Los Angeles.
  • The exhibition 'Can I come over and take your picture?' celebrates the 10-year milestone of the project, featuring over 200 photographs paired with quotes from interviews.
  • A significant portion of the portraits are of immigrants or children of immigrants, whose displacement profoundly shaped their lives, work, and sense of belonging.
  • The project aims to present a different narrative of immigration, focusing on women building homes and creating art, challenging the discourse that frames immigration solely as a problem or crisis.
  • Individual stories within the archive include those of Dodinh (Vietnam/France), Rose (Mexico/New York), Shirin Neshat (Iran/Los Angeles), Hana Kraš (Belgrade/Paris/US), Isabel Sandoval (Philippines/New York), Salimata Chahidi and Naïlat Djae (Comoro Islands/Paris), Imani Rainford (Jamaica/New York), and Kiana Shokrae (Iran/California).

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