2024

Megacities is a project that identifies ten of the world’s most populous cities – Tokyo, Delhi, Shanghai, Lagos, Sao Paulo, Cairo, Dhaka, Mexico City, Seoul and Jakarta – and presents the work of ten photographers who live and work in these environments. The photographers were invited to consider the question, ‘If, in the twenty-first century, the city represents the dominant human ecosystem, what does this mean for life in a megacity?’ Their work, centred on the built environment and the behaviour, activity and experiences of urban populations, extends the descriptive and didactic capacities of photography to the realm of creative, interactive engagement and reflection, offering a dynamic account of how and where we live today.

Photography - Saumya Khandelwal
Sound Designer - Michael Prior