These photos were taken by
Uli Holz for the innovative make-up company
Uslu Airlines. The founder Feride Uslu put together the art project, called
Berlinerinnen (The Berlin Women), and this is what she had to say:
Feride: I’m Turkish living in Berlin, but I spent 11 years in New York. When I came back to Berlin 2 years ago, I was really surprised about this whole new movement going on with the Muslim girls and their scarves. They didn’t act like wallflowers, they were totally self-confident and so fashionable, wearing these scarves. I mean, there is a whole world out there we have to respect: this is not always about a Muslim wife pushed down. That is why I wanted to show them. As for the series the girls created their own style by putting on the scarves individually.I think these photos are gorgeous, especially the fourth one. You rarely see Muslim women depicted positively in art or photography, so this is really refreshing!
