[Leica] Dubai

[Douglas Barry]

I'd agree Bharani, and even though Dubai is slightly more liberal than 
some of the other places out there, I'd hate to live there. I like 
Hannes's stuff. The Chill Out Lounge shot shows a sort of haunted 
emptiness in the man's face and evokes contemplation of the preposterous 
artificiality of the population's lives living amidst the artificial 
landscapes of a country wrenched from its back-history by bathloads of 
oil money.

Douglas

On 12/09/2017 03:10, scleroplex wrote:
> Dear Tina,
> I think the fact that it is hard to get into the private spaces that
> characterise life in the Gulf made Nick's portfolio attractive to the
> judges.
>
> Dubai and the entire Gulf is a place that loathes transparency and
> street photography.
> Women threaten you with arrest or worse for taking photos on public streets.
> So of course I usually end up daring them:
> https://www.flickr.com/photos/scleroplex/35214658460
>
> Cheers!
> Bharani
>
>
> Message: 33
> Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2017 18:34:53 -0400
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> I continue to be dismayed at what passes for interesting photography these
> days.  And this is Magnum:
>
> http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20170717-striking-photos-of-the-las-vegas-of-the-gulf
>
> This year?s Magnum Awards have just been announced. The documentary series
> winner, Nick Hannes, gives an insight into his project revealing how
> Dubai?s super-rich live.
>
> I guess I just don't get it.
>
> Tina
>
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> Tina Manley
>
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