Yoriyas
Yoriyas | |
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Born | Yassine Alaoui Ismaili November 29, 1984 |
Residence | Casablanca |
Nationality | Morocco |
Awards | Prize of l’Institut du Monde Arabe for Contemporary Arab Creation 2019 [1] First prize in World Street Photography, Hamburg 2016 [2] |
Yassine Alaoui Ismaili (ياسين العلوي الإسماعيلي), known as Yoriyas, is a Moroccan photographer and breakdancer based in Casablanca, Morocco.[3] As a photographer, Yoriyas specializes in street photography.
He started with photography in 2007, when his dance crew, Lhiba Kingzoo, was invited to perform in Salzburg, Austria. He bought a simple camera from a flea market to share photos of the trip with family.[4]
Contents
Photography projects
From the Street to the Olympics
This project chronicles the journey of breakdancing in several countries, including Senegal, Morocco, Algeria, France, the Netherlands, and Germany. It features moments intimate to the breakdance culture and community not often seen by the outside world.
Casablanca Not The Movie
Casablanca Not The Movie presents images of life in Casablanca, Morocco's economic capital and largest city. These images counter Orientalist images of the city based on the 1942 American film Casablanca.[5]
Morocco Now
Sources
- ^ "Yoriyas Yassine Alaoui, prix 2019 des Amis de l'IMA pour la Jeune création contemporaine arabe". Institut du monde arabe. 2018-12-19. Retrieved 2019-09-17.
- ^ Kujaja Jaja. "Kujaja | World Street Photography | World Landscape Photography". world-street.photography. Retrieved 2019-09-17.
- ^ "Surprising photos of real life in Casablanca". Travel. 2018-10-23. Retrieved 2019-09-18.
- ^ Teicher, Jordan G. (April 26, 2017). "Casablanca: A City Nothing Like the Film". New York Times. Retrieved September 17, 2019.
- ^ Teicher, Jordan G. (April 26, 2017). "Casablanca: A City Nothing Like the Film". New York Times. Retrieved September 17, 2019.
- CS1 English-language sources (en)
- 1984 births
- Living people