Deep Sleep
Photo series, Cairo, 2008

This series captures private sleeping spaces; some images reveal covered faces and body limbs in their passive, sleeping state, enveloped in darkness. Others depict abandoned sleeping spots, with rumpled layers of bedding visible under daylight.

The series reflects on the various ways images can be interpreted. These images may evoke a collective memory of a specific time and place, shaped by the overwhelming volume of images we are constantly exposed to.

These photographs were taken in Cairo and are visually influenced by the scenes of mass destruction and lost homes in Gaza during 2008. They provoke profound reflections on the meaning of helplessness and inactivity in the face of such imagery.