While Standing My Ground — by Rima Maroun Self-portraits from above: an ongoing series of photographs documenting the landscapes of Beirut during the isolation of Covid, catastrophic explosions, and crippling inflation. The artist writes: "As time was passing by and the world around me transforming, I needed a point of reference in relationship to a specific time and space. I started the series lying on the tiles of an empty swimming pool, then I gradually escaped into nature or into almost abandoned places since most people were inside their houses. "I continued the series with snapshots of my city, clinging to whatever was left of it and reminding myself that only the earth was my stable ground." -- See more images here: LensCulture.com Photographs and text by Rima Maroun @rimamaroun