Farah Al Qasimi photographs Dubai’s decaying entertainment architecture

Date
24 March 2015

Photographer Farah Al Qasimi lives and works between Dubai and New York; her series The World Is Sinking depicts the areas of Dubai that prosperity forgets, all decayed McDonalds signs and bright murals surrounded by detritus. They’re great, I’m not sure if Farah uses high-saturation film or if Dubai is just consistently this sweet shade of saccharin – either way, I’m into it. She captures sand sculptures, bins and empty foyers with real aplomb. Farah graduated from Yale in 2012, and has since exhibited at Fotofest Abu Dhabi, New Yorks School of Visual Arts and the Meridian Art Center in Washington DC.

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Farah Al Qasimi: The World Is Sinking

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Farah Al Qasimi: The World Is Sinking

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Farah Al Qasimi: The World Is Sinking

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Farah Al Qasimi: The World Is Sinking

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Farah Al Qasimi: The World Is Sinking

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Farah Al Qasimi: The World Is Sinking

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Farah Al Qasimi: The World Is Sinking

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Farah Al Qasimi: The World Is Sinking

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Billie Muraben

Billie studied illustration at Camberwell College of Art before completing an MA in Visual Communication at the Royal College of Art. She joined It’s Nice That as a Freelance Editorial Assistant back in January 2015 and continues to work with us on a freelance basis.

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