Rebecca Sampson @ Foam

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Rebecca Sampson @ Foam

October 26th, 2018 by fstop

Beauty queen contestants waiting for the recognition of the jury – housemaids on their day off in Hong Kong
from the Series Apples for Sale, 2016-17 © Rebecca Sampson

Rebecca Sampson – Apples for Sale
2 November 2018 – 16 December 2018

“Over 300,000 foreign domestic workers work and live in Hong Kong. The large majority is from Indonesia and the Philippines. These women usually work twelve hours a day, six days a week, under appalling terms of employment. Although they are officially entitled to one day off a week, this law is often not observed in practice. Sleeping on a mattress next to the laundry machine, in the kitchen or under the stairs, these women frequently lack private space to spend their scarce leisure time. While on a visit to Hong Kong in 2013, Sampson observed how hundreds of labour migrants – homeless for one day – spent their Sundays in the parks and public spaces of the city. The photographer spent many Sundays with them and gradually got to know them. She found herself at beauty contests, night clubs, staged weddings and lavishly decorated rental containers, where the lucky few who can afford it act out their one-day existence. ”

Foam
Keizersgracht 609
1017 DS Amsterdam

Location: Amsterdam, Netherlands Type: Exhibition

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