SERIES Artist - From Egypt, lives and works in Cairo. Images - Courtesy of the artist.
Eslam Abd El Salam: You Know Where to Find Me Walking serves as a guide for me to recognize my surroundings. It opens doors of knowledge for me. I know more about myself through the eyes of the souls I encounter, the places I get a sense of, and even through the lens of my film camera, which I consider to be a dear friend. How memories can haunt us and contribute daily and dearly to our sense of self; the lasting effect of family and childhood; and the past, present and the immediate now— there are notions that intrigue me. Lately, I have been exploring the complementary feelings of presence and familiarity in concurrent projects. I continue to realise how certain feelings live within us and take many different shapes and forms as we get older. I aim to experiment with sound and moving image as extensions to my photography practise, as I believe it could order to deepen the emotional and visceral experience of the viewer when engaging with my work.
El Salam is a self-taught photographer and visual artist whose work explores the
internationally in Latvia, Finland, London, Saudi Arabia and in his hometown, Cairo.
relationship between the personal and the universal—mainly through the use of
Recently, he was selected as artist-in-residence at The Curfew Tower Residency in
analogue photography and mixed media. The artist’s work has been exhibited
Cushendall, Northern Ireland. @ eslamabdelsalam
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