Egypt Press Photo 2023

Exhibition

February 16 - March 23, 2023

The Photographic Gallery, Department of Journalism and Mass Communication, hosted an exhibition of the best in visual journalism for the year 2022 as part of the Egypt Press Photo annual competition.

Egypt Press Photo is a renowned annual competition for national photojournalism organized by the Syndicate of Journalists and run by the Photojournalists Collective. In its 17th edition, the competition included more than 1700 entries by 215 photographers who competed in 8 different categories: Spot news, photo story, sports, daily life, daily life outside of Egypt and multimedia, in addition to the newly added categories of student work and climate change.

The exhibition at The Photographic Gallery showcased 40 projects for contemporary photojournalism produced by 35 local Egyptian photojournalists. 

Guest Speakers

Sahl Abdelrahman

Sahl Abdelrahman, born in Fayoum, Egypt in 1999,  is a street and documentary photographer based in Fayoum. His photography documents life in the countryside; his award-winning photo essay currently on view at The Photographic Gallery explores the issue of child labour in the agricultural sector. Abdel Rahman studied photojournalism and documentary photography at the Danish School of Media and Journalism (DMJX). His photography has been exhibited and published in local and international festivals, competitions and magazines, including the Beirut Image Festival, Alserkal Avenue in Dubai, World Press Photo, Getty Images Reportage, National Geographic and Egypt Press Photo.

Yousef Naser

Yousef Naser, born in Cairo in 2003, is currently studying photography at the High Institute of Cinema, Giza. Naser won the Young Amateur Photographer of the Year 2022 Award. He is also the recipient of multiple international awards, including the German Photo Cup, the Photographic Society of America Award, FujiFilm Egypt Award and Egypt Press Photo, and others. His work has been exhibited locally and internationally.