Poras Dhakan
Namak Halal (Worthy of Your Salt)
This work expresses the taut fragility of existence as perpetually temporary. My family and I are ‘Non-Resident Indians’ or NRIs, having lived in the UAE since 1989. Our right to remain in the UAE hangs on a temporary balance despite all these years. At the end of each limited residency permit, we must justify the right to remain or we are given 30 days notice to leave. Permanent rights are impossible for most. My work focuses on the actual and perceived sense of tension and unease as an Indian migrant. Darker-skinned people find their skin lightened in studio portraits, perhaps in a bid to emulate in the hopes of integrating. Always a migrant, never an immigrant.
Poras Dhakan • Roz Doherty • Blaž Gutman • Brendan Keogh • Shauna Kinchella • Joe Laverty • Teresa Lyle • Aidan O'Neill • Denis O’Shea • Eddie Ryan • Mike Sager • Clara Scullion •
Falmouth University
MA Photography
University of Gloucestershire
MA Photography
IADT Dún Laoghaire
MRes Photography
London College of Communication
MA Photography
London College of Communication
MA Photojournalism and Documentary Photography (Online)
Nottingham Trent University
MA Photography
University of Portsmouth
MA Photography
Royal College of Art
MA Photography
Ulster University
MFA Photography
University of Westminster
MA Photography Arts
University of Westminster
MA Documentary Photography & Photojournalism
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