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An image from Sinisa Vlajkovic's series of vernacular architecture in the Northern Emirates. Courtesy Warehouse421
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Mohamed Somji and Sinisa Vlajkovic photographed substations in the UAE: informal diesel refilling stations that used to service long-haul trucks. Courtesy Warehouse421
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Lamya Gargash photographed the old Dubai Zoo when it shut its doors after 50 years in operation. Courtesy Warehouse421
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Richard Allenby-Pratt's work addresses humans' effect on the environment. Courtesy Warehouse421
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Photographer Richard Allenby-Pratt imagines a Dubai when all the humans have fled and only the animals are left. Courtesy Warehouse421
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An image from Sinisa Vlajkovic's series of vernacular architecture in the Northern Emirates. Courtesy Warehouse421
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Mohamed Somji and Sinisa Vlajkovic photographed substations in the UAE: informal diesel refilling stations that used to service long-haul trucks. Courtesy Warehouse421
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Lamya Gargash photographed the old Dubai Zoo when it shut its doors after 50 years in operation. Courtesy Warehouse421
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Richard Allenby-Pratt's work addresses humans' effect on the environment. Courtesy Warehouse421
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Photographer Richard Allenby-Pratt imagines a Dubai when all the humans have fled and only the animals are left. Courtesy Warehouse421
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An image from Sinisa Vlajkovic's series of vernacular architecture in the Northern Emirates. Courtesy Warehouse421
Architecture of Loneliness: The photography exhibition showing the UAE in a post-human future
Gulf Photo Plus and Warehouse421 have collaborated on a new exhibit in Abu Dhabi that explores the margins of the Emirates
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Melissa Gronlund
16 December, 2018
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