From End to End
A photography exhibition on the environmental impact of human existence. Curated by Sheikha Lateefa bint Maktoum and Jassim Al Awadhi.
Preparing to Cook (2019) by Mona Al TamimiTashkeel
The exhibition features a series of thought-provoking images that demonstrate the ever-evolving process of art and creation by six Emirati photographers: Ola Allouz, Yagoub Al Hammadi, Mousa Al Raeesi, Faisal Al Rais, Mona Al Tamimi and Maitha Bughanoum.
Untitled (2017) by Ola AllouzTashkeel
Through the lens of Ola Allouz, we take an in depth look at the literal layers it takes to put on iftars in public spaces across Dubai.
If a viewer deducts that this ritual happens daily for 30 days a year, how much plastic is wasted as a temporary food carpet for people to sit on while they eat for an hour or less? Is there a sustainable solution out there that can be used instead of the plastic?
Using the age-old rule; reduce, reuse and recycle.
Untitled (2018) by Ola AllouzTashkeel
Untitled (2018) by Ola AllouzTashkeel
Sea Harvest (2019) by Mona Al TamimiTashkeel
Mona Al Tamimi’s images show us women in Zanzibar working on the shoreline with the fishermen to bring in the fish, process and dry them.
Determination (2019) by Mona Al TamimiTashkeel
When we look closer, we realise that they cover their entire bodies with reused bags of thick woven plastic.
Hard Work (2019) by Mona Al TamimiTashkeel
Although they use it as body protection, they also use it to preserve their modesty of the female form (so when they enter and exit the water, their clothes do not cling to their bodies), especially as they work closely with the fishermen who bring them the fish to process.
Nature (2021) by Maitha BughanoumTashkeel
Maitha Bughanoum's drone photography shows us the purity of the ocean with the Abu Dhabi mangrove shoreline.
The ocean is a life source for both humans and animals, but it continues to be abused by many and cared for by few.
The Big Tree (2020) by Mousa Al RaeesiTashkeel
Livelihood (2019) by Mousa Al RaeesiTashkeel
Mousa Al Raeesi’s images show how the fishermen of Fujairah, UAE, use it to feed people; it is a lifeline and life source for them.
The works make us question the greater context of the world’s oceans, which are being polluted in so many ways.
Motherhood (2021) by Yagoub Al HammadiTashkeel
Yagoub Al Hammadi is a practitioner who is in tune with nature and has the patience to wait for it to appear and follow the journeys of multiple desert life forms, like a true documentary photographer.
Coming to Life (2021) by Yagoub Al HammadiTashkeel
His images seem like he is photographing a distant place far from Dubai, yet as a city grows and less preservation of the desert takes place, the more humans encroach on these animals’ habitats.
To The Freedom (2021) by Yagoub Al HammadiTashkeel
We see them now camouflaged and surviving but the question is, will we find them in the same place generations later? How will human development impact their habitat?
Dimensions (2018) by Faisal Al RaisTashkeel
Faisal Al Rais takes us on a reflective journey through the markets of Deira, one of the oldest neighbourhoods of Dubai.
Dimensions (2014) by Faisal Al RaisTashkeel
Entering shop after shop, he captures layer upon layer of the hustle and bustle of a city, where life and manufacturing collide with mass groups of people in a market is filled with sustainable and non-sustainable ways of packaging and selling.
Dimensions (2015) by Faisal Al RaisTashkeel
A moment of pause – the reflection of a man in the middle of the road waiting to pass without colliding with passing cars.
Dimensions (2014) by Faisal Al RaisTashkeel
To each their own, but we are still all responsible for one another.
