While photography enables me to document what surrounds me and anchor a given moment, painting and collages allow me to express myself by reshaping or morphing this reality, thereby recreating my perception of the world.
Over time, photography became my way of expressing the world around me, exploring how fleeting moments and evolving landscapes shape my perception and emotional response. Between documentation and reflective journeys, conceptual and ambiguous, I articulate the subtle interplay between memory, identity, and the city, rooted in daily observations and introspection. By exploring and expressing the intricacies of personal and collective experiences or histories, I uncover hidden narratives, connecting and confronting them with the rapid modernization of our era, which threatens to erase cultural heritage and green spaces within Cairo.
Blending different mediums became my way of reinterpreting and preserving these memories through a diverse visual narrative that captures both my environment's tangible and intangible aspects. Each photograph is a canvas where I weave together emotions, reflections, and subconscious influences, inviting viewers to contemplate the evolving significance of these narratives in a rapidly changing world.
Concrete buildings are swallowing up the city's green areas, removing heritage and archaeological buildings and replacing them with anonymous constructions. The city has become fragile and impermanent.
Even a photographic image is no longer enough for me—I consider it the primary driving force behind the rest of my work. I deconstruct the image to create a new photographic vision, whether by presenting it in the form of video, transferring it onto canvas, or even destroying it and merging it with other images to generate a new state and a new visual composition. I find this process mirrors what happens in the city itself—constant demolition, construction, and distortion.