Yasser Alwan
Egypt Every Day
Buch in deiner Nähe kaufen
Beschreibung
● Profoundly humanitarian view
● Exceptional black and white documentary photography
● Cairo from the 1990s to 2010s
Yasser Alwan photographed in and around Cairo, recording encounters with people in the streets, at the racetrack, in cafes, and in places of work—tanneries, quarries, bookshops, or potteries. His portraits of workers living in conditions of unimaginable poverty and political dispossession are remarkable for their refusal of the clichés of social documentary and photojournalism. They show people between anger, pride, and perseverance, yet convey a sense of trust toward the photographer. Complementary to his intimate images of friends and family form a collective portrait of the middle class seen in the relaxed informalities of daily life. This collection of Alwan’s photographs offers an unprecedented and unique picture of Egyptian society, introducing an outstanding body of work in contemporary photography from the Arab world.
Survey of the work of a human rights photographer
Exceptional black and white documentary photography
Egypt beyond the touristic gaze
Survey of the work of a human rights photographer
Exceptional black and white documentary photography
Egypt beyond the touristic gaze
Autor*in
Yasser Alwan
Themen in »Yasser Alwan«
Monograph Shamoon Zamir New York University Abu Dhabi akkasah Photography Archive Yasser Alwan Egypt Cairo Street Photography Photography Everyday Life Africa