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As we look around the tile factory, we cannot help but feel a bittersweet enthusiasm. In this wonderful terracotta cabinet of curiosities, we are witnessing the end of a way of building, and with it the end of a very Mediterranean way of life. . Words by Sami Aloulou and Memia Belkaid Photography by Kelly Shea for This Orient, Vol. 3 . This is an excerpt. Find the whole article inside our third issue.

The Greater Middle East

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The Art of Reading by Lawrence Schwartzwald

The Art of Reading presents the first retrospective of Lawrence Schwartzwald’s candid images of readers, made between 2001 and 2017. Partly inspired by André Kertész’s On Reading of 1971, Schwartzwald’s subjects are mostly average New Yorkers—sunbathers, a bus driver, shoeshine men, subway passengers, denizens of bookshops and cafes—but also artists, most notably Amy Winehouse at Manhattan’s now-closed all-night diner Florent.

Hong Kong Rubber Boots and Shoes by Michael Wolf

Ziemlich viel Aufhebens eigentlich für Alltagsgegenstände wie Mops, Handschuhe, Karren, Stühle, Pflanzen, Wäschestücke, Regenschirme, könnte man meinen. Nur liefert Michael Wolf viel mehr als ein paar Schnappschüsse. Hong Kongs Back Alleys sind seit vielen Jahren sein Labor zur Erforschung von Verhaltensweisen, Kreativität und Erfindungsreichtum der Großstadtbewohner, die sich in der erstaunlichen Vielfalt der Zufallsarrangements spiegeln.