It all started with the will to transform departure into something playfully documentary.

Having lived in Egypt for  five years in a row, I knew the country and how wonderfully kitsh it could be. I began taking staged portraits of the few people who paved the way to my life in Cairo. The exhibition was to disappear. I had made a unique copy of each portrait, everything was to remain in Egypt, as if leaving meant alo leaving a piece of me behind.

 

The series follow a chronological order with three main periods represented by colors. Loving Denial then Passion and Aftermath.

Short captions come as stories to give a glimpse of each character’s world.

The series is printed on canvas sheet (bâche), a plastic material often used to carry aliments in Egypt, and then simply displayed on wooden frames (chassis). On such a material, image is bond to disappear after a while. Each portrait is shown alongside an object present in the picture.

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