was on display at McLaughlin Berlin in autumn 2020. Photographic series In his conceptual works, Sahihis main goal has been to drive forward public discourse on topics he believes have not provoked enough or the right kind of discussion: drugs, gender in the media, women in the military, etc. In his portraits, Sahihi often draws on familiar visual languages yet using them in contexts they are supposedly not suited for. Whilst constantly challenging the comfort level of both the viewer and the subject, Sahihi never removes himself from the line of fire; all of his work requires the artist to immerse himself in uncomfortable situations and challenge his own emotional fortitude. In the Face Series (18 images), latex-gloved hands manipulate the subjects' features. The Hypnosis Series comprises 8 portraits of hypnotized subjects each experiencing a single emotion, e. g. helplessness, withholding/anger, or regret. In 2006, Sahihi photographed himself in the homes and with the families of six ex-girlfriends and one ex-wife, imposing himself on the constellations that emerged after he had exited their lives. The Exes Series has been published in several magazines. For the most well-known of his early conceptual works, the Drug Series, he convinced 11 non–drug users to consume a particular drug, then took their portraits over the course of their trips. The series was born out of Sahihi's frustration with the hypocrisy of the political conversation about drugs in the United States. "By attempting to present an objective image of drug use, the artist addresses the cultural politics that allow our society to simultaneously glamorize the 'drug look' in fashion magazines and the entertainment industry and meanwhile turn a blind eye to the complicated, and vast, problem of drug abuse." Sahihi has exhibited this series at MoMA PS1 in New York City in 2001, the Berlin Academy of the Arts in 2005, and alongside his installation 100 Million in Ready Cash. Sahihi's photographic series also include Women of the IDF, portraits of female Israeli soldiers; Camp X-Ray Guantanamo Bay, black-and-white landscapes of barbed wire and watch towers; the Cum Series that references US corporate IDs and yearbook photography to comment on the pornografization of everyday culture; the Armpit Series; and the Kiss Series, in which the artist photographed himself kissing 18 women and men of various ethnicities. Sahihi's most extensive work to date is the study Die Berlinerin, inspired by Clifford Geertz' method of thick description.