Mining methods ought to be more environmentally sensitive and help sustain and retain the land in its original format without driving away or venturing into residential areas. So often one…
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During the 2010 FIFA World Cup, I documented the ordinary man and the country’s hopes. FIFA was supposed to help with infrastructure, people had hoped to benefit from the event,…
I retraced the route of artist-explorer Samuel Daniell, who in 1800 set out on a journey from Cape Town to Leetakoe (today Ditakong) to document the landscape. Conversations with people…
People are always – instinctively – surrounded by vegetation, but people can forget themselves, as well as forgetting the essentials. Isolated trees try, as best they can, to survive their…
Kenya’s Turkana tribe is withering in numbers as a drought devastates the Horn of Africa. In a region where little to no aid has reached the affected areas, I chose…
Christian Caujolle: You are the curator of the Biennale de Bamako for the second time. What has changed ? Laura Serani: Many things have changed on many levels since 2009. New…
I like to record social and religious phenomena related to Islamic-Arabic culture. Based on my own experiences, I address the issue of women, their future, their liberation and the norms…
I use my cultural roots – Islam, Sufism and ancient Egyptian culture – as a springboard of exploration in the ocean of the contemporary world. Through my Sufi and ancient…
In Dakar, five minutes of rain suffice to flood the suburbs of Pikine, Rufisque and Guédiawaye, which sprouted anarchically on former swamp land. In 2010, the rainfall reached the highest…
The city of Gabès in southern Tunisia is the world’s only oasis located on the seashore. It was a flourishing agricultural and commercial centre in ancient times, as well as…