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Middle East Now, in collaborazione con MAD, presenta in anteprima il lavoro del giovane fotografo marocchino Tabit Rida, 25 anni, uno dei talenti emergenti della fotografia dal Middle East. Fotografo autodidatta, Rida è sceso in strada per documentare la sua città natale, Marrakech, in questo momento storico senza precedenti. Mentre l’industria del turismo, principale fonte di reddito per la città, è stata pesantemente colpita dalla pandemia, Rida ha colto l’occasione per fotografare i numerosi cambiamenti e osservare la realtà spesso trascurata di Marrakech, al di là del turismo e della folla. Questo progetto, tra immagini fisse e video registrati col suo smartphone, rivela incontri di vita quotidiana in tempi di quiete, ricorda che il tempo non si è davvero fermato, e che la resistenza umana è un fenomeno naturale.

Mercoledì 29 settembre – ore 18:00  Talk con Tabit Rida, Roï Saade, Roberto Ruta e Valentina Gensini. Introduce l’Assessore Tommaso Sacchi

Progetto e mostra a cura del fotografo e artista libanese Roï Saade. Coordinamento set design di Archivio Personale.

La mostra fa parte del progetto Voice Over, finanziato dalla Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Firenze.

 

Per il programma completo del Middle East Now: https://middleastnow.it/festival-2021/

 



Tabit Rida

Photographer

25 years old, born in Marrakech, Morocco. Rida’s passion for photography started in 2017 with a focus on social and documentary photography. His work reflects first and foremost his primary source of inspiration, which is the Moroccan culture.

In 2020, he co-founded Noorseen collective along with 13 moroccan young photographers.

After graduating with a master degree in Economics and Social sciences in 2020, he started using the medium of photography as a tool... research to deal with social and economic issues.

For Rida, photography is a means to an end that he uses for a better understanding of the world, the people around him, and his own self.

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Roi Saade

Curator

Born and raise in Lebanon, Roi Saade is an indipendent visual designer working in both graphic design and photography. Saade holds a Master’s degree in of Fine Arts in Graphic Design from the Holy Spirit University – USEK in Lebanon. After years as a graphic designer, Saade’s visual perception and curiosity led him to leave the corporate worls and follow his crative path. He uses photography as a toll to access unfamiliar places. In 2016, he was granted the Arab Documentary... Photography Program (ADPP) supported by The Arab Fund for Arts and Culture, Magnum Foundation and Prince Claus Fund. Alongside, Roi is a designer of DogFood Magazine, an indipendent Photo Magazine combining archival material mized with a dash of cynicism.

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