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#mental Hospital

Cairo-based visual artist, Nermine Hammam, visited a mental hospital in Egypt in 2009 to expose the lives of those often forgotten by the state, their friends and their own families. In this exhibition titled 'metanoia' (a profound, usually spiritual, transformation), the digitally reworked photographs examine the widespread issues faced by Egypt's mental health patients, leaving viewers with poignant visuals that are intended to confront and change one's thinking. All text below and photographs are by Nermine Hammam and were printed…