Outside the Frame
Outside the frame is a conceptual photo session, staged at home studio.
Concept: we tried to reflect problems and obstacles neglected in the usual frame expressing Egyptian women as beauty objects decorating walls or selling products!
part of "Women of Egypt" Exhibition organized by UN Women.
Acknowledgment: I would like to thank the great team of enthusiastic activists who shared in brain storming and volunteered as assistants and models; thanks to Iman, Kholey, Safaa, Shrouk, Safwat, Abdelsalam and Nora.
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photography, portraits, conceptual, women of Egypt, editing
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Neglected: She is standing alone while the whole community is moving up neglecting her needs and thoughts! Note: This photo is a cropped preview of the original photo
Rejected: though how professional, motivated and qualified she is, she was rejected to allow him to get her place cause he is a man and that means he can be hard worker! Note: This photo is a cropped preview of the original photo
Voiceless: she can’t find the voice to express her prison in these ropes as they have broken her pen and torn her papers. Note: This photo is a cropped preview of the original photo
Ghosts of harassers: whatever conservative clothes she wear, ghosts of harassers still chasing her, turning streets into unsafe and dangerous place for most girls! Note: This photo is a cropped preview of the original photo
vote for who deserves: she has the right to be elected, still she is facing community beliefs and ideas that women can’t do good in men fields as politics. Translation: it is an elections poster for a women, saying give your vote to who deserves, and on the graffiti; we don't vote for women Note: This photo is a cropped preview of the original photo