The “Impressions” Exhibition

Celebrating the third edition of the Cairo Photo Week organized by Photopia, the French Institute in Egypt presents “Impressions”: an exhibition of 9 Egyptian photographers. The photographs are collected by the exhibition curator, editor and artist Sarah Sarofim who is a specialist in staged photography. This event is considered as a documentation of the photography scene in Egypt. The artists poured their identity, their era, and their territory in sundry photography styles, like photography of fashion, documentaries, fiction, and even plastic arts. The selected photographs were chosen after the call for projects launched by the French Institute, through a jury consisting of Denis Dailleux, Fabienne Pavia, Marwa Abouleila the founder of Photopia, Sarah Sarofim and the team of the French Institute. The photographs are: Eslam Abd El Salam, Ahmed AbdelShafi, Fadel Dawod, Amr ElKafrawy, Omar ElKafrawy, Malak ElSawi, Dina ElZeneiny, Ruwan Hamdy and Rina Hani.

Workshops and seminars

During this biennial, the French Institute in Egypt will organize several events open to everyone:

1. Photographer Denis Dailleux will host a workshop on portrait photography in natural light from February 10th to February 14th, 2023, from 10:00 am to 3:00 pm. The photographer will also host a portfolio review session on February 16th, 2023, at 11:00, followed by a seminar on his work as a photographer held in the auditorium of the French Institute at 5:00 pm. Denis Dailleux is a photograph specialized in Egypt. He will be in Cairo for the inauguration of his monographic exhibition at Tintera Gallery and the publication of his new book “Misr. Denis Dailleux’s Egypt” bringing together the most emblematic photographs by him.
2. Author Shiran Ben Abderrazak will give a presentation in a seminar on the link between NFTs and photography in the auditorium of the French Institute on February 10th 2023 at 6:00 pm. Shiran Ben Abderrazak will also take part in a discussion with collectors on the topic of NFTS which will also be held in the auditorium of the French Institute on February 11th 2023 at 7:00 pm. Shiran Ben Abderrazak is a writer and a Franco-Tunisian cultural expert specialized in the NFTs.
3. Editor Fabienne Pavia will host a workshop on editing in photography reflecting on the form and content of artists’ books from February 9th to February 12th 2023, from 10 am to 3 pm. Fabienne Pavia is editor and author specializing in contemporary photography, and she is the founder of the publishing house “Le Bec en l’air” situated in La Friche la Bella de mai in Marseille, to which the French Institute is affiliated through a photography Artist-in-residence program.

To access Photopia’s program and register for the workshops: https://www.photopiacairo.com/items-3