Hana Gamal is an Egyptian photographer and visual artist, born and raised in Cairo. She holds a dual degree in Mass Communication & Media Arts, and Psychology, from the American University in Cairo. In 2021, she further expanded her practice by completing an advanced master’s program in Photojournalism at The Danish School of Media and Journalism (DMJX) in Aarhus, Denmark.
Her photographic journey began in 2011, and since then, photography has become both her voice and her deepest passion. Through an anthropological and psychological visual approach, her work reflects the passage of time, the fragility of memory, the inevitability of loss, and often the fragmented connection between the human soul and the external world – Its impact on us and the fleeting nature of our existence. All these worlds flow together 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