Transit
Collectors and classifiers of the waste of the city of Cairo, popularly known as “Zabbaleen”, the inhabitants of the mines of Manshiyat Naser Mokattam heights. Originally rural peasant population from Upper Egypt who emigrated decades back, after having been stripped of their land. Generations later live the consequences of urban overcrowding, trading with the huge amounts of waste produced by 20 million people that the Egyptian capital hosts, rather contain.
Este proyecto forma parte de mi práctica de fotografía editorial y documental. A través del formato de fotoensayo, exploro narrativas relacionadas con la identidad, el contexto social y la relación entre personas y territorio.
Osama Dawod, 2009
Exhibited in
2017 “Belonging|s” at Vestjyllands Kunstpavillon, a group exhibition curated by Line Sandvad Mengers. 04.03 - 02.04.2017