Mosa’ab Elshamy is an Egyptian photographer from
Cairo. He mainly covers daily news stories and documentary projects as well. In
2011 during the Egyptian revolt against Mubarak, Elshamy had a shift of focus
while in college changing his degree from Pharmacy to Photojournalism, which is
now his career. He became well-known due to his wide coverage of the Egyptian Revolution.
His work has been published in many different publications such as The New York
Times, TIME Magazine, and Rolling Stone. As for his camera equipment he uses
the canon EOS 60D with a 24mm f1.4, and 50mm f1.8 lens.
The three images above are from his News Coverage
Portfolios “The fall of Rabaa” and The Aftermath of Mubarak (Jan 2011- June
2012)” Each image tells a very strong narrative/ story behind it. And it is unfortunate
that events such as these happen, even though some truly impactful images are
produced from it. Each image holds a certain level of chaos, displaying humans “in
today’s terms” in an un-thinkable and barbaric way. Killing one another for the
gain of what? Yet it’s who we are, violent be nature when diplomacy fails at
its highest level. And too often it’s the innocent who suffer the most. All of
these things ca be gathered and assumed from these pictures, but they are only
opinions. That’s what I find interesting in Elshamy’s photography, his images
are raw and uncut, yet it’s up to you to decide what you want take from it.
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