Eslam Abd El Salam

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 relationship between the personal and the universal—mainly through the use of analogue photography and mixed media. The artist’s work has been exhibited internationally in Latvia, Finland, London, Saudi Arabia and in his hometown, Cairo. Recently, he was selected as artist-in-residence at The Curfew Tower Residency in Cushendall, Northern Ireland. @ eslamabdelsalam

c41 process, 221.6 x 336.0 cm

Clockwise: Right where you left, The sun is at your door, Soliloquize and Away you go

from the series You Know Where To Find Me (2019) Analogue photography, c41 developing

Table for one from the series Untitled (2019) Analogue,

c41 process, 221.6 x 336.0 cm