Still Life: Photography Exhibition

Still Life is a contemporary photography exhibition capturing people and moments in Somalia. Both photographers in the exhibition, Fardowsa Hussein (b. 1995) and Hana Mire (b. 1990), are first film-makers and then photographers. Due to this, they both have a keen, intimate gaze with which they see the world through. The result? Luscious and personal images, as though they are stills from a film, dreamy and evocative. Through their sympathetic lens, we are able to experience the extraordinary, in ordinary daily scenes from around Somalia.

Fardowsa Hussein

is a documentary photographer and her work ranges from covering humanitarian crises to everyday life in Somalia. 

Fardowsa Hussein: Playtime, Two young girls play at the bank of a river, Hudur, South West Somalia, 2020

Fardowsa Hussein: A young lady enjoys a swim at Liido Beach Mogadishu, Somalia 2020

Fardowsa Hussein: Henna Art, Hudur, South West Somalia, 2020

Hana Mire: Black Henna, Mogadishu, 2020

Hana Mire: Girls and Doll, Mogadishu,2020

Fardowsa Hussein: Fardowsa Hussein: Sisterhood, Nairobi, Kenya, 2020

Hana Mire: Woman in Orange Jilbab, Mogadishu, 2019

Hana Mire: Sisterhood, Mogadishu, 2020

Hana Mire: Inside Mogadishu Cathedral, Mogadishu, 2020

Hana Mire: Side Portrait, Mogadishu, 2020