Fathi Hawas (b. 1994, Kafr Al Dwwar, Egypt) is an independent visual artist interested in photography, He studied graphic design at Faculty of Arts and Design of Pharos University and contemporary art at MASS Alexandria, presently he lives in Alexandria where his practice started with discovering the limitation of the medium of photography by experimenting different photographing tools and working on different cases that happening far away from the centralization of the capital, recently he working on his self experiments as if he uses his self as a filter to see, observe and interact with the situation, so he seeks for studying, observing and documenting the changes of the society emotions and feelings through producing photographs that represents the current turbulent days we live, Hawas is taking Jacob Riis “Danish-American social reformer” as an idol, the way he write history and changed the situation with his shocking melodramatic photographs inspires him to use the tool and the medium to visually rewrite the Egyptian contemporary situations, he is also believe that the photographer is not only reflecting the truth, the photographer is created from a transparent material to make the spectator able to see through his mind and heart, through his ideology. Hawas participated in several group exhibitions internationally, e.g. in Cairo, Dubai, Denmark and London

Por qué estoy en Couchsurfing

To enlarge my friendship circle, to know a new friend and to be known, to gain more knowledge and experience and sharing culture, habits and concepts, i love to expose my self to an expanded limits, i believe that we are the salt of earth.

Intereses

I'm interested in people and their stories, places that built from memories, I'm interested in adventure, and keep my self on the experimenting track.

• arts
• culture
• humanities
• graphic design
• street art
• contemporary art
• photography
• film making
• reading
• traveling
• art history
• cultural studies
• philosophy
• adventure travel
• cinema
• friends
• film photography
• reading books
• stories
• printmaking
• meeting new people
• cinematography
• discovering
• making friends
• sharing stories
• ethnography
• street photography

Música, películas y libros

Classic, Folklore and Jazz.

The youth / The Grand Beauty (Paolo Sorrentino), Ulysses' Gaze (Theo Angelopolous), Contempt (Jan-Luc Godard), Whiplash (Damien Chazelle).

The Sentimental Discipline (Gustave Flaubert), 1948 (George Orwell), The Stranger (Albert Camus)

Algo increíble que he hecho

I've produced my first photography book draft "The Neat Photography Book"

Enseña, aprende, comparte

Teaching photography, retouching, graphic design and art history.

Learning Deutsch and contemporary art.

Sharing a philosophical discourse on
photography and art practices.

Qué puedo ofrecer a los anfitriones

Coffee/beer, fridge, art discourses, and a portrait or photo session, and surfing the town to see new places, meet new people and hear new stories.