Yoriyas Explained

Yoriyas
Birth Name:	Yassine Alaoui Ismaili
Birth Date:	1984
Awards:	^[1] ^[2]

Yassine Alaoui Ismaili (Arabic: 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 (our image), the inaugural exhibition at the Moroccan National Photography Museum in Rabat.^[5]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Yoriyas Yassine Alaoui, prix 2019 des Amis de l'IMA pour la Jeune création contemporaine arabe. 2018-12-19. Arab World Institute. 2019-09-17.
2. Web site: Kujaja World Street Photography World Landscape Photography. Kujaja Jaja. World Street Photography. 2019-09-17.
3. Web site: Surprising photos of real life in Casablanca. https://web.archive.org/web/20181025150255/https://www.nationalgeographic.com/travel/destinations/africa/morocco/casablanca/street%2Dphotography/. dead. October 25, 2018. 2018-10-23. Travel. 2019-09-18. National Geographic.
4. Web site: Casablanca: A City Nothing Like the Film. Teicher. Jordan G.. April 26, 2017. The New York Times. September 17, 2019.
5. Web site: 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. fr-FR. 2020-01-14. fnm.ma.