Ausstellung Women in Dubai

 Dubai Women

               Aurore Belkin

 I made these pictures from 1998 to 2011 while living and working in Dubai.

They suggest various facets of experiences in my work as a photographer and in my interactions with the city as I went about my personal daily life.

Under the striking growth, fame – and current hardship – of the media Dubai,  the people there, rather than often described buildings and economy, have remained my main point of interest.

Their warmth, creativity, resilience, and their rooted bravura have compelled me to try and portray this unusual people, in a way I have personally experienced over the years.

The women, in particular, struck me as people taking full opportunity, in a very short time, of the massive changes brought about by their effective leader, HH Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum.

They have continually surprised and challenged my own preconceptions and have become a central them of my work.