photography
My photography stands between documentary observation and an artist’s way of constructing images. Coming from fine art, I am drawn not only to events, but to traces: damaged streets, temporary shelters, human gestures, ruins, absurd details, and the quiet theatre of everyday life.
Much of this work was made in Syria, before, during, and after years of war. I do not see these projects only as photojournalism, nor only as art. Somewhere between these categories, another language begins — a language beyond genre, shaped by a direct and sometimes brutal look at reality.
Habitats
Buildings have been opened by war. Ceilings and walls are visible from the street, exposing parts of what used to be homes. Damascus 2025
Waste of war
Waste of War – Central waste sorting site, Damascus, 2025. Photographed a few months after the fall of the Assad regime, this series documents a
Car corps
“Where we perceive a chain of events, he sees one single catastrophe which keeps piling wreckage upon wreckage and hurls it in front of his
Faces
The men in these photographs were not professional soldiers. They were everyday people—farmers, workers, drivers—who decided to take up arms against an oppressive government. As
The flood
During the Syrian Civil War, in a calculated effort to suppress regions of rebellion, the regime blocked the flow of water from the Queiq River,
Raised in the mud
The refugee camps along the Turkish-Syrian border in 2012 were meant to be a refuge, but they were little more than rows of makeshift tents