Books Laura El-Tantawy: 2017 Best Books Laura El-Tantawy Selects This is not because you didn't want to speak with me on your trip, The First March of Gentlemen, and Witness: Kashmir 1986-2016 as the Best Books of 2017
Laura El-Tantawy
Laura El-Tantawy is an Egyptian photographer, writer and experimental film-maker. She was born in Worcestershire, England to Egyptian parents. She attended high school in Saudi Arabia, started university in Cairo, Egypt and completed her degree in the US. She is currently residing in London, UK. Living between East and West for much of her life has been a source of both immense enlightenment and considerable anxiety — contemplating notions of home, identity, culture and ultimately, “the self.” It is through the allure of photography as an artistic medium of limitless boundaries that she chooses to explore these themes. With her characteristically painterly and impressionistic eye on reality, Laura explores social and environmental issues pertaining to her background, working on long-form, personally-initiated projects.
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