Portrait Awards 2015

I chose three portraits from my project Come Back Safely The project accompanies a group of Palestinian construction workers and their families from present-day Israel in their daily lives.   All of them have lost colleagues or family members to work accidents. "Come back safely" aims to draw attention to the precarious working conditions the workers are facing by telling their personal stories. It captures the workers at their workplace and at home, when they reunite with their families after a long workday. Finally, it also gives space to the families who lost a son, husband or father while he was trying to make a living.   “Come Back Safely” is dedicated to all the workers who left at daybreak in search of a life in dignity and never returned... and to those who still set out to break free from poverty and exploitation. This project Tirja'u Besalameh (Come Back Safely): Palestinian construction workers and safety at the work place was presented in International Labour Organization, Geneva, and Darat al Funun Art Gallery, Amman