SYNEKDOCHE KARACHI

Synekdoche Karachi is a Portrait of a megacity. With a number of inhabitants that can only be estimated, but certainly increasing every year, Karachi is one of the biggest and fastest growing cities on earth. On a photographic journey through its financial and commercial hubs, protected housing- and residential areas, to its suburbs and troubled neighbourhoods, “Synekdoche Karachi” quietly tells a story about life in the city. It glances at altering struggles, from the past to its present, and its efforts to reach for a brighter future. It shines a light on its developments and growth, as well as its dichotomies and absurdities- and nevertheless, the uncommon beauty and thriving energy that lives within Karachi. This work is a sensitive take on life in an environment that is constantly exposed to radical changes.