[4] On his father's side he is the grandson of a Holocaust survivor, and on his mother's side, the son of a Palestinian-Christian family from Lod, Munayer, who were among the 2% of the city population that remained in Lydda after the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, when the State of Israel was established.

[5] Guez's photography, video, mixed media, and essays explore the relationship between art, narrative, and memory.

In his examination of personal and official accounts of the past, Guez raises questions about the role of art in narrating unwritten histories and re-contextualizing visual and written documents.

Using photographs from the first half of the 20th century, the images also depict Guez's family from Jaffa and Lydda.

[8] Guez is the recipient of the Ruth Ann and Nathan Perlmutter Artist in Residency Award, Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University; and International Artist in Residence Award, Artpace, San Antonio.