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Lwaa Alsahnee is studying architecture and is passionate to photography . His photo-series “ RED2O ” show 10 photographs of normal street life scenes , life scenes where we see the colour red isolated from the rest of the colours of life . Red has a range of symbolic meanings throughout different cultures and it awakes in us specific feelings . For Lwaa , the colour red is as important as water is . “ We cannot continue to live without water as we cannot without the colour red .” He said . Therefore , he chose his title “ RED2O ” from the sign of the chemical compound of water “ H2O ”.
He was curious to know the feelings of visitors in regard to the colour , if red is isolated from the other colours of life . He asked : “ Love , anger , excitement , strength , pride , danger , daring , warmth , etc . They are all feelings that humans experience when they see the colour red - mixed with the colours of life . But , humanity was not accustomed to seeing it alone , so what did you feel ?” The majority of the visitors chose three feelings : love , daring and warmth .
RED2O Lwaa Alsahnee
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