Hicham Benohoud – The Classroom

Hicham Benohoud – The Classroom

The Classroom by Hicham Benohoud


01 July – 23 August 2025

Frustrated by Morocco’s rigid educational system of the 1990s, art teacher Hicham Benohoud used photography as a pedagogical tool, creating a makeshift darkroom in his classroom to foster collaborative and hands-on learning.







The resulting images created with his students are marked by tension and alienation, blending absurdity, humour, and unease in their exquisitely framed and obliquely disarming compositions. In juxtaposing the monotony of the classroom with a visual exploration of both freedom and control, The Classroom builds a playful and existential critique of postcolonial identity, where childlike creative gestures merge into a more ambiguous aesthetic that hints at oppression, violence and isolation.

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Untitled
1994 - 2002
Gelatin silver print
16.6 x 25 cm (unframed)
30 x 40 cm (framed)
Ed. 3/3 

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