Badr’s Prayers of Light series uses a conceptual approach to black and white photography with attention to light and contrast. Badr’s visual consideration of this formal signifier, documented through thirteen images within the series, stems from a deep attachment to his aunt, who looked after him as a child. In Badr’s dramatic images, her figure dominates, standing alone in prayer as she connects to God through the divine light. Badr’s guardian projects an intimidating presence as she experiences a heightened state of mind that replaces superficial conceptions of age with the importance of innate power derived from spiritual intuitiveness.