Marta Lamovsek

With her signature ICONBOOTH installation, Dubai-based photographer, visual artist, and creative director Marta Lamovsek, captures the exuberance of Middle Eastern street life in the Emirates. The Central Saint Martins – University of Arts London alumnae works with photography, art direction, installation, film, and collage to celebrate the unrivaled grace of human vulnerability in Dubai’s most diverse locales. Marta’s mantra: “It can be uncomfortable yet at the same time beautiful to connect with strangers.”

From her native Ljubljana to London’s high street, the self-taught Slovenian-born creative has worked with the world’s best for 20 years and has an extensive background in print publication. Her portfolio includes more than 70 titles, VICE UK, British Vogue, i-D Magazine, The Guardian UK, Le Monde France among them.

Marta has also collaborated on iconic visual art for book and album covers, in addition to her very first book, retrospective take on photography. Marta has also collaborated with prestigious fashion houses, Burberry, Dior, Tom Ford, as well as high-profile celebrities like Will Smith. Dame Vivienne Westwood, the doyenne of British fashion, so admired the ailurophile’s work that she became a regular client.

She has also held installations at Art Dubai 2017 and 2018, group shows and POP-UPs in Dubai and Abu Dhabi, and a solo exhibition at Dubai Design District’s 2017 Blue Cave Urban Festival.