Tor Seidel

Dubai was rapidly transformed by the discovery of oil in the 1950s. The construction of the world's tallest buildings in the desert metropolis was followed by scores of amusement parks, two hundred artificial islands, tourism, and consumption. Photographer Tor Seidel, resisting the outward allure of the city, instead points his lens towards the yawning gaps and emptiness of Dubai, demonstrating the melancholy and uncanny of the city. Seidel does not reveal whether his photos are digitally altered or not, thus presenting to us the blurred line between reality and illusion that is Dubai.