Slow Looking: Hannah Reyes Morales

Fri 22 Nov 2024 - Fri 22 Nov 2024

Manila City Jail, Philippines, 2018 © Hannah Reyes Morales

Slow Looking: Hannah Reyes Morales

Fri 22 Nov 2024 - Fri 22 Nov 2024

View three images by Hannah Reyes Morales, listen to the audio descriptions and/or download the audio description transcripts below. These audio descriptions were produced by Zoe Partington for a live Slow Looking event.
 

Biographies:

Hannah Reyes Morales is a Filipina photographer and National Geographic Explorer whose work documents tenderness amidst adversity. Her photography, both visceral and intimate, takes a look at how resilience is embodied in daily life. Based in Manila, Reyes Morales’ work explores the universal themes of diaspora, survival, and the bonds that tie us together.

Zoe Partington, an artist and a Creative Consultant and Advisor for the cultural sector, has produced audio descriptions for three photographs by Hannah Reyes Morales.

Two women, one standing closely behind the other with her hand on the other woman's shoulder, smile toward the camera with eyes looking downward.

A group of over 100 men, crowded together in a large warehouse space and most wearing yellow t-shirts with 'Manilla City Jail Detainee' on the front, look to camera either standing or seated.

Four women with partially shaved and colourful hair attend to cutting a styling the hair of a younger woman.