PhotographyFestivals

Hicham Benohoud was born in 1968 in Marrakech, Morocco, and now divides his time between Morocco and France. He earned a B.A. in visual arts and studied education in Marrakech. He…

Born in the Syrian capital of Damascus in 1980, Tammam Azzam graduated from the School of Fine Arts at the University of Damascus with a focus on oil painting; subsequently he obtained…

As a Kuwauti of Palestinian origin, Tarek Al Ghoussein deals in much of his work with how his identity is shaped in a context of inaccessibility and loss. His work explores the…

Born in Sana'a, Yemen, in 1969, Boushra Y. Almutawakel studied in the USA and Yemen, obtaining a BSBA in International Business at the American University in Washington, DC.  It was during her…

Friday March 14 my wife and business partner Maria Louise and I arrived in Houston for the 2014 FotoFest Biennial. It is always such a pleasure to be back in…

Lamya Gargash was born in 1982 in Dubai, U.A.E. She earned a B.S. in visual communication from the American University of Sharjah, U.A.E., in 2004 and a M.A. in communication design…

Nermine Hammam was born in Cairo in 1967. She moved to England in 1979 and to the United States in 1985, where she earned a B.F.A. in filmmaking from the Tisch…

Documentary photographer, political journalist, and Dubai, U.A.E., gallery owner Reem Al Faisal was born in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. She is a granddaughter of the late King Faisal. She enjoyed photography from an…

Iraqi artist Sadik Alfraji blends art and philosophy as a means of expanding the conceptual boundaries of his aesthetic. Much of his work explores the expressionistic intensity of the graphic form, with…

Sama Alshaibi was born in 1973 in Basra, Iraq, to an Iraqi father and Palestinian mother. She is now a naturalized U.S. citizen and associate professor of photography at the University…