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Hana Gamal is an Egyptian Photographer and Visual Artist. Born and raised in Cairo, she graduated from the American University in Cairo with a dual degree in Mass Communication and Media Arts, and Psychology. In 2021, she completed an advanced master program in Photojournalism at The Danish School of Media and Journalism (DMJX) in Aarhus, Denmark.

Her journey began in 2011, and since then, photography became her voice and greatest passion in life. Hana's visual approach is an anthropological/psychological one. Being deeply sensitive, emotional by nature and passionate about psychology, poetry and visual art, her work ventures deep into the chaotic, complex, and poetic inner world of the human soul interconnected with the outer world, our perception of it and its impact on us; the inner state of being projected onto a physical reality. Bringing together the inner world of meaning and the outer world of appearances, two worlds flow and become one.

Her work has been featured in The New York Times, Huck Magazine, and The Huffington Post; as well as other various local and international publications.

Membership, Contribution & Awards:

Member of Women Photograph. 

Member of APJD (African Photojournalism Database, a joint project between Everyday Africa and World Press Photo).

A contributing Photographer to Everyday Egypt (as part of The Everyday Projects).

A recipient of  AAF X PHmuseum Prize.

Art Residency at Cite Internationale Des Arts - Summer 2023

Recipient of AFAC Arab Documentary Photography Grant - 2024

Published Book:

Women Street Photographers - The first book in the history of photography dedicated to women street photographers around the world. Published by Prestel publishing and Penguin Random House.

Exhibitions:

Windows and Mirrors, Sharjah Gallery -  AUC, Egypt 2013

Radical Love | Female Lust, The Crypt Gallery  - London 2017

Radical Love | Female Lust, Gallery X - Ireland 2018

No Place Like Home, Gulf Photo Plus - Dubai 2018

Addis Foto Fest, "We're All Fugitives" - Addis Ababa 2018

Vantage Point 7, Sharjah Art Foundation - Sharjah UAE 2019

Beirut Image Festival - Beirut 2019

Récits D’une Égypte Contemporaine, Cité Internationale Des Arts - Paris 2019

Nuits Photographiques D'Essaouira - Morocco 2019

Rotterdam Photo Festival, "Transitions" - Rotterdam 2020

Institut du Monde Arabe, "Mon Ami N'est Pas D'ici / My friend is not from here" - France 2021

Solo Exhibition – “Forgotten as If You Never Were”, DCAF 2021 – Downtown, Cairo 2021

 

Les Rencontres à l’échelle - Marseille, 2021

AAF Arab Arts Focus - Cairo, 2022

Museum Biberach - Berlin, 2023

NGV Triennial - Australia, 2023

Something Else Biennale - Cairo, 2023

Scan Photo Festival - Spain, 2023

Musée de la Femme - Marrakech, 2024

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