An improvised performance By Kenza Am of Roberta Flack’s 1969 hit song “The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face”..
Shot in Christmas day 2017.
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Ocean drive in the desert.
We’re riding down the boulevard.. Typical traffic day.
Week number 52 – PROJECT 52×2#2014
WK52_col – Piece of cake
320g Sugar / Flour / Butter
300g Eggs
150g Milk
2 T.Spoons of Baking Powder
1 T.Spoon of Vanilla essence
Orange Zest
Shot in Retro Cafe, Mirdif, Dubai
WK52_bw – The higher the risk, the bigger the reward?
That’s quite a common quote that most of us would agree with.. But I find it hard to see the reward in this case.. Maybe the reward is in the respect they inspire some of us?
I hope so.
Seen on the Etisalat Tower 2 in Dubai
Week number 51 – PROJECT 52×2#2014
WK51_col – Call of duty
A surreal scenery where all the safeguards of society have been taken out, this just reminds you how security is just an illusion and, all that comfort we’ve been used to can disappear, in a blink of an eye..
Shot in Kiev, Ukraine
WK51_bw – Tunnel at the end of the light.
“L’espoir fait vivre” as they say in French, with hope there’s life.. What about if you hope for something that will never come?
You just hope for something else.
Shot in Maydan square underground shopping area, Kiev, Ukraine
Week number 50 – PROJECT 52×2#2014
WK50_col – Euromaidan méditation
A man looking at pictures of the Ukrainian revolution (Feb 2014) at the memorial in Maidan Square.
Shot in Kiev
WK50_bw – Spiritual refuelling
“Do not let your hearts be troubled. Trust in God; trust also in me.” […] “So I say to you, Ask and it will be given to you; search, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened for you.” JC
Shot in Kiev, Ukraine
Week number 49 – PROJECT 52×2#2014
WK49_col – Comics Fest
A girl selling comic books in a Mall in Dubai.
Shot in Al Wafi centre, Dubai
WK49_bw – The ephemeral print
Leaving a trail while dune Bashing in the desert.
Shot in Dubai
Week number 48 – PROJECT 52×2#2014
WK48_col – Aggression
Little soldiers in formation ready to attack their victim disposition in order to make her succumb and consume… Luckily, the little girl just loves being barefoot and is holding on!
Shot in MOE, Dubai
WK48_bw – Frozen motion
A car whizzing through the skyscrapers in one of the bridges in Dubai Marina.
Shot in Dubai
Week number 47 – PROJECT 52×2#2014
WK47_col – Anything you haven’t given doesn’t belong to you
A concept I came across during an interesting conversation: after loosing all material “belongings” in a fire incident, coming out to the realisation that, if you give away something nobody can take that off of you…
Shot in Al Nahda, Dubai
WK47_bw – Exit strategy
“Every exit is an entry somewhere else” TS
Shot in Mirdif City Center, Dubai
Week number 46 – PROJECT 52×2#2014
WK46_col – Hands in action
You maybe have to hold the pan, but you can hold it however you want! As Abraham Hicks said: “Your hands are tied in action, but your hands are not tied in imagination — and everything springs forth from the imagination. Everything.”
Shot in Retro Cafe’s Kitchen, Dubai
WK46_bw – Veil or Mask?
Victor Hugo said: “Virtue has a veil, vice a mask”, I’ve seen so many of these Abayas, some used as a veil, and many used as a mask…
Shot in Deira, Dubai
Shot in Retro Cafe’s Kitchen, Dubai
WK46_bw – Veil or Mask?
Victor Hugo said: “Virtue has a veil, vice a mask”, I’ve seen so many of these Abayas, some used as a veil, and many used as a mask…
Shot in Deira, Dubai
Week number 45 – PROJECT 52×2#2014
WK45_col – Father and Son
Talal and Salim enjoying a quite afternoon nap..
Shot in the Greens, Dubai
WK45_bw – Night car long expo
“Thanks to the Interstate Highway System, it is now possible to travel across the country from coast to coast without seeing anything.” Charles Kuralt
Shot somewhere in Cheikh Zayed road Dubai
