Yoriyas

Yoriyas
Yoriyas presenting at the American Language Center in Casablanca in 2019.
Born	Yassine Alaoui Ismaili 1984
Awards	Prize of Arab World Institute for Contemporary Arab Creation 2019 [1] First prize in World Street Photography, Hamburg 2016 [2]

Yassine Alaoui Ismaili (ياسين العلوي الإسماعيلي), known as Yoriyas, is a Moroccan street photographer and breakdancer based in Casablanca, Morocco.^[3]

Photography projects

He started with photography in 2007, when his dance crew, Lhiba Kingzoo, was invited to perform in Salzburg, Austria. He bought a simple camera from a flea market to share photos of the trip with family.^[4]

From the Street to the Olympics chronicles breakdancing in Senegal, Morocco, Algeria, France, the Netherlands, and Germany.

Casablanca Not The Movie presents images of life in Casablanca, Morocco. These images counter Orientalist images of the city based on the 1942 American film Casablanca.^[4]

In 2020, Yoriyas organized Sourtna (صورتنا our image), the inaugural exhibition at the Moroccan National Photography Museum in Rabat.^[5]

References

1. "Yoriyas Yassine Alaoui, prix 2019 des Amis de l'IMA pour la Jeune création contemporaine arabe". Arab World Institute. 2018-12-19. Retrieved 2019-09-17.
2. Kujaja Jaja. "Kujaja | World Street Photography | World Landscape Photography". World Street Photography. Retrieved 2019-09-17.
3. "Surprising photos of real life in Casablanca". Travel. National Geographic. 2018-10-23. Archived from the original on October 25, 2018. Retrieved 2019-09-18.
4. Teicher, Jordan G. (April 26, 2017). "Casablanca: A City Nothing Like the Film". The New York Times. Retrieved September 17, 2019.
5. "Inauguration le mardi 15 janvier 2020 du Musée National de la Photographie à l'enceinte du Fort Rottembourg situé au quartier de l'Océan à Rabat". fnm.ma (in French). Retrieved 2020-01-14.