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The Street Taken.

PAKISTAN · THE STREET TAKEN

They Were Told Not To

bicycle rallies past the fort. two women and a flag on one scooter. a sports day nobody asked permission for. i wasn’t documenting a hobby — i was documenting women taking a street back.

a red scooter, a flag, and a woman riding through traffic that wasn’t expecting her.
a red scooter, a flag, and a woman riding through traffic that wasn’t expecting her.
the rally rides past the fort wall. helmets, gears, an old fort watching.
the rally rides past the fort wall. helmets, gears, an old fort watching.
two on one scooter, the flag riding third.
two on one scooter, the flag riding third.
four women in sunglasses. one of them is the officer.
four women in sunglasses. one of them is the officer.
going fast, on a road that wasn’t built for her.
going fast, on a road that wasn’t built for her.
THE STREET · HEAT, WATER, WHAT’S LEFT OVER

What The Heat Does

the hand pump that holds a whole street’s water. the garbage that becomes a landscape. the dogs who live in the smoke. i was photographing climate before i had the word for it — it was just what the place looked like.

one hand pump, one concrete basin, the whole street’s water.
one hand pump, one concrete basin, the whole street’s water.
the carriage, filling up. everyone standing.
the carriage, filling up. everyone standing.
HOT BOY, painted on the bonnet. breakfast served off it.
HOT BOY, painted on the bonnet. breakfast served off it.
hands over the griddle. nobody measures anything.
hands over the griddle. nobody measures anything.
a dog carries the bread past a truck tyre taller than he is.
a dog carries the bread past a truck tyre taller than he is.
a lot full of garbage, houses right up to the edge of it.
a lot full of garbage, houses right up to the edge of it.
haze, rubble, and a dog standing in the middle of it.
haze, rubble, and a dog standing in the middle of it.
a karachi wall, arguing back in urdu.
a karachi wall, arguing back in urdu.
the guard, asleep on the bench in the afternoon. rifle beside his head, pistol by his hand, boots on the ground. nobody woke him.
the guard, asleep on the bench in the afternoon. rifle beside his head, pistol by his hand, boots on the ground. nobody woke him.
a colonial drinking fountain still standing in a karachi park. no water in it. the dogs use the shade instead.
a colonial drinking fountain still standing in a karachi park. no water in it. the dogs use the shade instead.
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