Bahia Ourahou

From the project 'Taking over rabat' by Bahia Ourahou

Biography

instagram: @bahia.o.s

website: www.bahiaourahou.com

Bahia Ourahou (b. 1999) is a Moroccan artist who graduated from the École nationale supérieure d'art de Paris-Cergy and is currently doing a master's degree at the École nationale supérieure de la photographie in Arles. She lives between Arles and Rabat. Her photographic work examines her relationship with the geographical and intimate territories linked to her identity and the question of youth and its fragility.

The project

"In this project, I want to show how young people use public space in Rabat, how they meet, play sport, socialise, squat... I observe how young people occupy these spaces, how they distribute them, how they arrange themselves according to the architecture between the parks, the sports fields or the corniche.

I see choreographies, all these people are urban dancers, their bodies are moving through skateboarding, football, basketball, diving, in duets or groups...

These places are mainly occupied by boys and men. I focus my attention on the expression of their fragility. I want to give importance to their looks, their confidence, their fears and the positions they adopt in front of the camera."