1st place
gold star award
FADWA ROUHANA
palestinian territory, occupied
title
Passengers in time
My series passengers in time is inspired from the pilgrims who visit the holy places in Bethlehem and Jerusalem coming from all over the world carrying their memories , their dreams , their sorrows and pains and their hope for salvation.
Passengers in time is about the collective subconscious of the human beings , the shared human memory , the invisible in the human soul and our transient passage in the lanes of time
Her photographic work had developed though her own experimental efforts in a long journey with the camera. Being raised in a place shattered by hurdles and injustice, the camera became an existential necessity, her asset to connect to a reality that had always rendered her estranged and alienated, as a woman and as a human being.
Photography is her own way to contemplate life and its meaning, how people are living it, their hopes and their hardships, their relation with their place and their environment, with their past and with their reality. It is her way to understand the whole human experience and to find her place inside it.
Her work has been shown in Venice, Milan, New York, Sharja, and other places, and it has been featured in numerous international fine art and photography magazines and platforms.
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entry description
Photography is my own way to contemplate life and its meaning, how people are living it, their dreams and their hardship, their relationship with their environment, with their past and presentMy series passengers in time is inspired from the pilgrims who visit the holy places in Bethlehem and Jerusalem coming from all over the world carrying their memories , their dreams , their sorrows and pains and their hope for salvation.
Passengers in time is about the collective subconscious of the human beings , the shared human memory , the invisible in the human soul and our transient passage in the lanes of time
about the photographer
Fadwa Rouhana is a Palestinian self-taught photographer born in Haifa and living in Bethlehem.Her photographic work had developed though her own experimental efforts in a long journey with the camera. Being raised in a place shattered by hurdles and injustice, the camera became an existential necessity, her asset to connect to a reality that had always rendered her estranged and alienated, as a woman and as a human being.
Photography is her own way to contemplate life and its meaning, how people are living it, their hopes and their hardships, their relation with their place and their environment, with their past and with their reality. It is her way to understand the whole human experience and to find her place inside it.
Her work has been shown in Venice, Milan, New York, Sharja, and other places, and it has been featured in numerous international fine art and photography magazines and platforms.
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