![]() But her work is by no means limited to Instagram. The collective, they say, is an attempt to reclaim agency in representation and bind a budding community of creatives together through social media and, quite simply, a name.įor Serri, too, social media has been a space for critical creative thinking and a platform to broadcast her photographs. As reported in Mille Magazine, she is one of 14 Moroccan photographers who recently formed the Noorseen Collective. We run this mother! reads the caption.Ī post shared by سري | Serri a society that often challenges women’s claim on public space, Serri has learned how to adapt-and thrive. The dark folds of a burqa obscure her body, hair and face. Her leg, criss-crossed by the threads of black fishnets, juts skyward, exposed. A woman balances an inflatable globe on the bottom of her flexed foot. So one of her latest posts on Instagram was shot inside, against a blank wall. “You can’t take pictures freely in my city, especially in the streets,” said Serri, 25, of her conservative home city, Nador, on Morocco’s northern coast. RABAT, Morocco - Before the coronavirus pandemic and ensuing stay-at-home orders began, Moroccan photographer Fatima Zohra Serri was already exploring what it means to make art in confined spaces, both cultural and physical. Self-portrait of Serri in a mirror, held by an anonymous woman between her spread legs. ![]() As the Moroccan government increases repression of journalists, activists and artists, Moroccan photographer Fatima Zohra Serri makes women’s bodies and experiences visible-from menstruation to marriage to street harassment. ![]()
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