After spending three years in Saudi Arabia, English-born photographer Sebastian Farmborough felt he had to do something to change the country's negative image in the West. He tells DW about the project that's resulted.
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Originally from England, Sebastian Farmborough has lived in many different countries, from the US, Spain and Chile, to Saudi Arabia and currently the United Arab Emirates. With a degree in business, he worked in Saudi Arabia for several years teaching English to Saudi executives at a petrochemical company. During that time, he got to know the Saudi people, and found that the reality in the country differed greatly from how it is perceived in the West.
