Through his quiet yet grave images, Zied takes us into a Tunisian community trying to win a hopeless battle against an insidious…
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Through his quiet yet grave images, Zied takes us into a Tunisian community trying to win a hopeless battle against an insidious, omnipresent threat: sand.
“West of Life” looks at the troubled history of a region in Tunisia where protests by miners preceded the uprising that led to the Arab Spring.
Two years ago, Zied Ben Romdhane — who was originally trained as a businessman in Tunis until he found his voice as a photographer in 2008 — started to notice the activity. And he began to wonder about the root of the labor tensions in a country where the unemployment rate remains over 15 percent
Link: World Nomads Tunisia: The After Revolution | Le Journal de la Photographie
The photography curator Leila Souissi has put together a two-part exhibition at the White Box Gallery and the French Institute. The selection at the White Box features work by Héla Ammar, Amine Boussoffara, Wassim Ghozlani, Amine Landoulsi, Zied Ben Romdhane, Rim Temimi and Patricia Triki.