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Photo Booth Collage: A Negotiation Between the Lived Experience of Gender & the Performance of It

© Mathilde Jansen Part of the project 'Tanzania Unlimited Ltd', pointing out the economical position of two women. Fashion designer Robi Morro manages her shop Mapozi Designs at the Slipway shopping mall in Dar es Salaam and poses with her friend at the parking place. The Shoprite supermarket trolley, mobile phone and the light of their 4WD are typical for her modern and ambitious lifestyle. The yacht is a symbol of economical progress, its renovation for the raw or unpolished African roots and past. The picture is made next to the Indian Ocean, related to the region where khanga fabrics originate.

Mathilde Jansen: Documentary Art Photography & Intercultural Communication