Future Cities #9

Future Cities #9: Construction along Ring Road; Maryouteya, Cairo This photograph is from my Future Cities project about informal urban development in the world's cities. These photographs were made between 2010 and 2015. The once vibrant and green farmland along the Nile river in Cairo has been rapidly taken over by red brick urban settlements. The unplanned construction boom increased in the power vacuum left behind after the 2011 revolution. In the absence of government support or subsidies, many farmers sold or developed their land, leaving small farming villages transformed into dense urban areas. 4498x3598 pixels