Leslie Hakim-Dowek at The World in London
Posted on 24. Jul, 2012 by admin in Architecture, Art Design and Media, Creative and Cultural Industries, Creative Arts Film and Media, Creative Campus, Creative Technologies
Leslie Hakim-Dowek’s, a lecturer from the School of Art, Design and Media has photographic showing as part of The World at London is an ambitious outdoor photography project for 2012, showing London’s diversity and photography’s unique role in capturing the human form.
Offsite exhibitions are showing in two locations this July & August:
Victoria Park, London E3: 27 July – 12 August 2012
Park House, 453 – 497 Oxford Street, London, W1: 27 July – 30 August 2012
Over the past three years The World in London have commissioned acclaimed and emerging British and international photographers to take portraits of Londoners of all ages and from all walks of life. Each portrait is unique in its composition, setting and style. Leslie’s work features two portraits of people from Jordon.
Coinciding with the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games, this project brings together 204 portraits of 204 Londoners, each originating from one of the competing nations.
The World in London celebrates London as a place where individuals from all parts of the world live side by side, each of them contributing to make London the unique city it is.
All photographs will feature on the project’s website, launching on 27 July, which includes background stories on each of the participating Londoners.
