"Dubai: Building the Dream"

Best known for its glamorous lifestyle, Dubai is today depicted as the destination of choice for wealthy of choice for wealthy shopaholics in search of bargain designers goods and flashy private beaches. Beneath the alluring image and underlying that megalomaniac project are the squalid living and working conditions of the one million migrant workers who dedicate their daily life (min. 12-hour shift) to building the 'Middle Eastern City of the Future". This series aims to underplay the glamour factor by depicting the quirky and surreal feel of the place with all its contrasts. It also seeks to restore the visibility of the "invisible" workers and point to realities less widely associated with Dubai such as poverty, abuse and exploitation.