Faces of Cairo

Satellite

Studio One Toi Tu • 5 May - 4 June

Opens
5pm Wed 5 May
Hours
9am-5pm Mon to Fri and 10am-4pm Sat
Where
1 Ponsonby Rd, Grey Lynn
yes
Artists
Ilan Wittenberg
Theme

Faces of Cairo is a collection of photographs that take you on a tour of the land and its people. Cairo is chaos at its most magnificent, infuriating and beautiful. The distorted roar of the muezzins' call to prayer echoes out from duelling minarets. Overwhelming car horns bellow tuneless symphonies amid avenues of faded 19th-century grandeur, while donkey carts rattle down dusty lanes lined with colossal monuments. This city's constant buzz is a product of its 30 million inhabitants, simultaneously stretching Cairo's infrastructure, crushing it under their collective weight. The smog is heavy, but its energy is stimulating and exhilarating!

Street / documentary photography in timeless monochrome by 2020 Auckland Photographer of the Year.

Artist Talk: 11am Sat 15 May

Ilan Wittenberg

Ilan Wittenberg

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