Arabia
2022
A project shot in Saudi Arabia, revealing stories of everyday life in a little understood and rapidly evolving country.
Winner of the Sony World Photo Portfolio Prize 2023.
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![Man standing beside road in desert on hot sunny day with lamp posts in background](https://format.creatorcdn.com/abd2fc44-c4cf-40bb-a484-fc41ccb06e6b/0/0/0/0,0,2500,1874,2500,1200/0-0-0/0e3e7e42-3715-4615-99c8-229833d4fa0b/1/1/james-deavin-swp-portfolio-1-0002077.jpg?fjkss=exp=2037465288~hmac=36860ab555be54d6c74ce6b0c99ff40e14f73f18c8409dd07d872b3fb94bd53b)
Sudanese hitchhiker on the road to Riyadh
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![Three young people walking towards campsite beside a jebel with large landslide](https://format.creatorcdn.com/abd2fc44-c4cf-40bb-a484-fc41ccb06e6b/0/0/0/0,0,2500,1874,2500,1200/0-0-0/233fe23e-0c8b-4fec-b695-f10440737cae/1/1/james-deavin-swp-portfolio-2-0001509.jpg?fjkss=exp=2037465288~hmac=36860ab555be54d6c74ce6b0c99ff40e14f73f18c8409dd07d872b3fb94bd53b)
Campsite beside a jebel with large landslide
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![Three men having picnic in desert watching cars drive up and down a large dune](https://format.creatorcdn.com/abd2fc44-c4cf-40bb-a484-fc41ccb06e6b/0/0/0/0,0,2500,1874,2500,1200/0-0-0/95048e33-2863-426e-8ac9-e20ce9f80913/1/1/james-deavin-3-0002771.jpg?fjkss=exp=2037465288~hmac=36860ab555be54d6c74ce6b0c99ff40e14f73f18c8409dd07d872b3fb94bd53b)
Car rally
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![Large palm tree in desert with old sofas underneath](https://format.creatorcdn.com/abd2fc44-c4cf-40bb-a484-fc41ccb06e6b/0/0/0/0,0,2500,1874,2500,1200/0-0-0/fabb327e-d91e-4495-a4c8-01a24b78626b/1/1/james-deavin--Format-2.jpg?fjkss=exp=2037465288~hmac=36860ab555be54d6c74ce6b0c99ff40e14f73f18c8409dd07d872b3fb94bd53b)
Deserted resting spot beside road
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![Man asleep in old american car in hot desert town with fruit and veg for sale on the bonnet, windscreen and roof](https://format.creatorcdn.com/abd2fc44-c4cf-40bb-a484-fc41ccb06e6b/0/0/0/0,0,2500,1874,2500,1200/0-0-0/886d2c90-2b6d-49a8-9098-e26d5dcdecd4/1/1/james-deavin-swp-portfolio-3-0002026.jpg?fjkss=exp=2037465288~hmac=36860ab555be54d6c74ce6b0c99ff40e14f73f18c8409dd07d872b3fb94bd53b)
Fruit and veg salesman in old american car
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![Roadside movie theatre, the morning after a viewing](https://format.creatorcdn.com/abd2fc44-c4cf-40bb-a484-fc41ccb06e6b/0/0/0/0,0,2500,1874,2500,1200/0-0-0/c3db46df-b2c2-48f3-abd9-ebd9bb17f8e1/1/1/james-deavin-swp-portfolio-4-0002041.jpg?fjkss=exp=2037465288~hmac=36860ab555be54d6c74ce6b0c99ff40e14f73f18c8409dd07d872b3fb94bd53b)
Roadside movie theatre, the morning after a viewing
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![Four cars in deep desert at dusk with a man making a video on his phone](https://format.creatorcdn.com/abd2fc44-c4cf-40bb-a484-fc41ccb06e6b/0/0/0/0,0,2400,1799,2400,1200/0-0-0/ce444e45-b29f-40ff-a53a-b8007a24e681/1/1/james-deavin-B0001407.jpg?fjkss=exp=2037465288~hmac=c9f28ba073837e1cb5e9c96964a2d1a17577eaf0921d501781d01e662eba06f9)
Cars in desert
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![Small Christmas decoration in an alley in an arab town](https://format.creatorcdn.com/abd2fc44-c4cf-40bb-a484-fc41ccb06e6b/0/0/0/0,0,1874,2500,1600,2500/0-0-0/525484f1-82cd-4d4a-a59a-485853b83880/1/1/james-deavin--Format-10.jpg?fjkss=exp=2037465288~hmac=adb67033b726860d18d055a5a09e9b092f84687d8165fd297d9c5038a171b432)
Small Christmas decoration
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![Three boys selling beach toys on a hot day beside a road with a large street sign](https://format.creatorcdn.com/abd2fc44-c4cf-40bb-a484-fc41ccb06e6b/0/0/0/0,0,2500,1874,2500,1200/0-0-0/55e4f022-b7a5-4955-9921-97eba5a73741/1/1/james-deavin-swp-portfolio-5-0002681.jpg?fjkss=exp=2037465288~hmac=36860ab555be54d6c74ce6b0c99ff40e14f73f18c8409dd07d872b3fb94bd53b)
Three Syrian boys selling beach toys
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![](https://format.creatorcdn.com/abd2fc44-c4cf-40bb-a484-fc41ccb06e6b/0/0/0/0,0,2500,1874,2500,1200/0-0-0/85f0bc27-5201-455b-b3f3-e6c3e404c8fa/1/1/james-deavin-B0001378.jpg?fjkss=exp=2037465288~hmac=36860ab555be54d6c74ce6b0c99ff40e14f73f18c8409dd07d872b3fb94bd53b)
Cricket match in desert
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![woman in burka wearing large sunglasses](https://format.creatorcdn.com/abd2fc44-c4cf-40bb-a484-fc41ccb06e6b/0/0/0/0,0,1874,2500,1600,2500/0-0-0/f9524050-5d9c-44d8-b807-e959936bd26b/1/1/james-deavin-8-0003273.jpg?fjkss=exp=2037465288~hmac=adb67033b726860d18d055a5a09e9b092f84687d8165fd297d9c5038a171b432)
Woman in car
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![man in hat and casual clothes beside his car with patterned light](https://format.creatorcdn.com/abd2fc44-c4cf-40bb-a484-fc41ccb06e6b/0/0/0/0,0,1874,2500,1600,2500/0-0-0/9f7ff327-b721-4d14-87b5-527cffb5949d/1/1/james-deavin-arabia-.jpg?fjkss=exp=2037465288~hmac=adb67033b726860d18d055a5a09e9b092f84687d8165fd297d9c5038a171b432)
Kuwaiti Man at gas station
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![Irrigation lines beside new road in desert](https://format.creatorcdn.com/abd2fc44-c4cf-40bb-a484-fc41ccb06e6b/0/0/0/0,0,2500,1874,2500,1200/0-0-0/8486daa1-f235-4a00-824f-7b1c9a472560/1/1/james-deavin-10-0002895.jpg?fjkss=exp=2037465288~hmac=36860ab555be54d6c74ce6b0c99ff40e14f73f18c8409dd07d872b3fb94bd53b)
Irrigation lines beside new road
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![Trimmed palm tree in front of new housing estate](https://format.creatorcdn.com/abd2fc44-c4cf-40bb-a484-fc41ccb06e6b/0/0/0/0,0,2500,1874,2500,1200/0-0-0/a47fe904-3752-406d-8400-3e8422fe4f9d/1/1/james-deavin-ksa-0001789.jpg?fjkss=exp=2037465288~hmac=36860ab555be54d6c74ce6b0c99ff40e14f73f18c8409dd07d872b3fb94bd53b)
New housing estate
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![Pony and camel on hot day in desert with factories in background](https://format.creatorcdn.com/abd2fc44-c4cf-40bb-a484-fc41ccb06e6b/0/0/0/0,0,2500,1874,2500,1200/0-0-0/85e143c5-dad0-4af5-9fbf-61feb16a935b/1/1/james-deavin-swp-portfolio-6-0002278.jpg?fjkss=exp=2037465288~hmac=36860ab555be54d6c74ce6b0c99ff40e14f73f18c8409dd07d872b3fb94bd53b)
Tourist rides
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![Two men holding hands while standing in the sea](https://format.creatorcdn.com/abd2fc44-c4cf-40bb-a484-fc41ccb06e6b/0/0/0/0,0,2500,1874,2500,1200/0-0-0/35cedacb-f4cf-415e-ace8-c63c1f638986/1/1/james-deavin-swp-portfolio-7-0003046.jpg?fjkss=exp=2037465288~hmac=36860ab555be54d6c74ce6b0c99ff40e14f73f18c8409dd07d872b3fb94bd53b)
Two migrant workers at Eid
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![Three men sitting on a wall beside the sea](https://format.creatorcdn.com/abd2fc44-c4cf-40bb-a484-fc41ccb06e6b/0/0/0/0,0,2500,1874,2500,1200/0-0-0/12284941-18b8-48a6-9656-6816b7673cc2/1/1/james-deavin--Format-8.jpg?fjkss=exp=2037465288~hmac=36860ab555be54d6c74ce6b0c99ff40e14f73f18c8409dd07d872b3fb94bd53b)
Migrant workers at Eid
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![Three boys in black looking at a phone while women in burkas walk by in background](https://format.creatorcdn.com/abd2fc44-c4cf-40bb-a484-fc41ccb06e6b/0/0/0/0,0,2500,1874,2500,1200/0-0-0/a9adf2a8-0d32-4e24-8c3f-6d763022abad/1/1/james-deavin-14-0002957.jpg?fjkss=exp=2037465288~hmac=36860ab555be54d6c74ce6b0c99ff40e14f73f18c8409dd07d872b3fb94bd53b)
Bangladeshi Tiktokers
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![Infrastructure in desert](https://format.creatorcdn.com/abd2fc44-c4cf-40bb-a484-fc41ccb06e6b/0/0/0/0,0,2500,1874,2500,1200/0-0-0/698dbd46-3977-4e30-91ce-f80ceedf7f25/1/1/james-deavin-swp-portfolio-8-0002478.jpg?fjkss=exp=2037465288~hmac=36860ab555be54d6c74ce6b0c99ff40e14f73f18c8409dd07d872b3fb94bd53b)
Infrastructure being eaten by wind and sand
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![Couple resting on seaside bench](https://format.creatorcdn.com/abd2fc44-c4cf-40bb-a484-fc41ccb06e6b/0/0/0/0,0,2500,1874,2500,1200/0-0-0/6150af34-a642-425f-805f-384dc675566b/1/1/james-deavin-swp-portfolio-9-0003091.jpg?fjkss=exp=2037465288~hmac=36860ab555be54d6c74ce6b0c99ff40e14f73f18c8409dd07d872b3fb94bd53b)
Couple resting on seaside bench
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